Adversaries see opportunities to exploit ‘strategically valuable’ Arctic, CSIS says

NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg and Prime Minister Justin Trudeau visit the North Warning System Site in Cambridge Bay, Nunavut, on Thursday August 25, 2022. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Jason Franson OTTAWA — Canada’s spy agency warns that colliding global developments make the Arctic an “attractive, strategic and vulnerable destination” for foreign adversaries seeking to establish a presence in Canada. A newly released Canadian Security Intelligence Service assessment flags the environment, critical infrastructure, economic activity and geopolitics as converging factors making the region susceptible to threats from abroad. It sees resource extraction projects, increasing ship traffic, the building of ports and possible…