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By Kyle Duggan Prime Minister Mark Carney said Tuesday that Ottawa will expand the Canadian Armed Forces\u2019 presence in the Arctic and turn to Australia’s over-the-horizon radar tech to monitor threats from adversaries such as China and Russia. Carney also pledged $253 million in new funding for Indigenous reconciliation initiatives in the North. They include $94 million to upgrade power plants in Nunavut and $20 million for a hydroelectricity project to help move northerners off diesel. Carney made the announcements during a short stopover in Iqaluit on the return leg of his first official trip abroad, during which the prime minister met with French President Emmanuel Macron and British Prime Minister Keir Starmer. Carney is widely expected to trigger an early election in the coming weeks or days. The Liberal… <\/p>\n

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By Kyle Duggan Prime Minister Mark Carney said Tuesday that Ottawa will expand the Canadian Armed Forces\u2019 presence in the Arctic and turn to Australia’s over-the-horizon radar tech to monitor threats from adversaries such as China and Russia. Carney also pledged $253 million in new funding for Indigenous reconciliation initiatives in the North. They include $94 million to upgrade power plants in Nunavut and $20 million for a hydroelectricity project to help move northerners off diesel. Carney made the announcements during a short stopover in Iqaluit on the return leg of his first official trip abroad, during which the prime minister met with French President Emmanuel Macron and British Prime Minister Keir Starmer. Carney is widely expected to trigger an early election in the coming weeks or days. The Liberal... <\/p>\n

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