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href="https://web.archive.org/web/20220322022629/https://globalnews.ca/tag/china/'">China</a> to assert a greater presence in the region.</p><img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20220322022629im_/https://d21y75miwcfqoq.cloudfront.net/70c8fc80" style="position:absolute;width:1px;height:1px" referrerpolicy="no-referrer-when-downgrade"> <p>And that means there will be “wide-ranging implications” for countries like Canada that have pre-existing claims in the Arctic, according to defence and foreign policy officials.</p><p>“Russia and China are the state actors that pose the greatest threats to Canadian and other western interests in the Arctic,” said Maj.-Gen. Michael Wright, the Canadian military’s defence intelligence chief.</p><p>“With the melting of sea ice, access to the region and associated tactics are increasing and this will have a significant impact on the security situation in the Arctic.”</p><div class="l-article__part" data-shortcode="readmore"> <p class="c-readmore"> <span class="c-readmore__label"><strong>Read more:</strong></span> <a class="c-readmore__link" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20220322022629/https://globalnews.ca/news/8655172/russia-invasion-ukraine-china-taiwan-plans/" data-track-region="content-read-more" title="Global response to Russia’s invasion should give China ‘pause’ over Taiwan, defence intel chief says"> Global response to Russia’s invasion should give China ‘pause’ over Taiwan, defence intel chief says </a> </p> </div> <div class="c-ad c-ad--bigbox l-article__ad"> <div class="c-ad__label">Story continues below advertisement</div> <div id="gpt-ad-300250-10" class="c-ad__unit" data-ad-pos="10"> </div> <script> if ( typeof( gn_monetize ) !== 'undefined' && typeof( gn_monetize.Ads ) !== 'undefined' && gn_monetize.Ads.initialRequestMade() ) { // Ads script has been loaded, create the ad. gn_monetize.Ads.create( {"sizes":"[300,250]","biddable":true,"id":"gpt-ad-300250-10","lazy":false,"targeting":{"pos":10,"slotid":"gpt-ad-300250-10"},"companion":false} ); 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“robust package” of funding with details on how Canada will work with the U.S. to modernize NORAD.</p><p>NORAD, the acronym for the North American Aerospace Defense Command, is led jointly by Canada and the U.S. The joint command is aimed at ensuring continental defence from threats to the shared security of both countries, and includes a northern warning system for territorial incursions.</p><p>In August 2021, defence officials from Canada and the U.S. <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20220322022629/https://www.canada.ca/en/department-national-defence/news/2021/08/joint-statement-on-norad-modernization.html">issued a joint statement</a> on the vision for the future of NORAD, and reaffirmed the core goal to “detect, deter, and defend against aerospace threats and to detect maritime threats to North America, today and in the future.”</p> <div class="c-ad c-ad--bigbox l-article__ad"> <div class="c-ad__label">Story continues below advertisement</div> <div id="gpt-ad-300250-13" 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