How should Canada approach the NWT dispute?
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Maybe if we start producing goods back in North America the need for the NW passage will be diminished.
They still do. And not only that, but UNSCR 242 has also asked Israel to withdraw from that territory. So Israel is in fact in clear violation of international law. For crying out loud, Israel didn't even exist up to a few decades ago. Can't they be happy with what international law has granted them already?
Imagine if the UN gave the North West Passage to the Mormons. We'd be ticked. Now imagine that the Mormons turned around still unsatisfied and took Nunavut and the NWT and Yukon to boot, saying that the Angel Moroni gave it to them. We'd take that as adding insult to injury! Now imagine that the UN asks the Mormons to withdraw from that land, but the mormons refuse because 'God gave it' to them. So Canada goes to war with the Mormon Republic of the North and the US turns around accusing Canada of being a bunch of savages and blames us for electing a radical government willing to fight for its land rather than bend over for the Mormons. Exact same parallel.
Can't Israel satisfy itself with what is its under international law and respect UN resolutions asking for its withdrawal from that territory? Why should the Palstinians respect international law if the Israelis won't. Double standards abound.
In some ways, there are parallels between the North West Passage Dispute and the Palestinian one.
If two or more countries disagree on the legal status of a piece of land, neither can legitimately claim it as theirs on their own since then it becomes nothing more than a 'he-said-she-said' argument.
To legitimize it, it must go through international binding arbitration.
I have nothing against Canada fighting for the North West Passage, even militarily if needs be, but only after we have ensured its recognition as as ours in international law.
After all, if we should show such disdain for international law, then it's no wonder that we can so easily turn a blind eye to Israel's violations of international law.
If two or more countries disagree on the legal status of a piece of land, neither can legitimately claim it as theirs on their own since then it becomes nothing more than a 'he-said-she-said' argument.
To legitimize it, it must go through international binding arbitration.
I have nothing against Canada fighting for the North West Passage, even militarily if needs be, but only after we have ensured its recognition as as ours in international law.
After all, if we should show such disdain for international law, then it's no wonder that we can so easily turn a blind eye to Israel's violations of international law.
And yes, I'm aware the Palestinians have violated such laws on occasion too, but the point is, we shouldn't put all the blame on Palestine. Israel is at least equally responsible, if not more so when we consider that it continues to hold territory illegally.
The only way to open up the full riches of Canada is to invest heavily in Churchill and the polar bear line. Canada's manufacturing base is overcrowded and over priced and half a continent away from the materials. This is what killed Canadian manufacturing.
It's time people in Eastern Canada realize that if you want to succeed in life a large number are going to have to move west to where the money and resources are or we are going to have to put up crossing portal at the Manitoba/Ontario border.
I don't see a future for eastern Canada.