Senator Marty Deacon

Last month, the 27th United Nations Climate Change Conference shone a harsh light on the changes being wrought by climate change. And no region is being so dramatically altered, so quickly, as the Arctic. This, of course, is a problem for Canada. As the summer sea ice retreats and our Arctic shores become more navigable, we will have to reassess how we assert our sovereignty along our longest coastline. Modern ice breakers and offshore patrol ships receive most of the headlines about Canadian A…

I imagine I’m not the only one who found themselves looking at the date lately and thinking, “It’s only February.” Our long January was particularly jarring given the hope and anticipation many of us felt in December. January had other plans of course. COVID-19 cases across the country spiked. News of more infectious strains and their inevitable proliferation added to the urgency of our need for vaccines — vaccines that would soon hit distribution delays here in Canada and around the world. Ou…