{"id":6478,"date":"2021-01-22T21:16:14","date_gmt":"2021-01-22T21:16:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.pantheregroup.com\/2021\/01\/22\/opportunity-vs-threat-canadas-unpredictable-and-sometimes-irreconcilable-relationship-with-china\/"},"modified":"2021-01-22T21:16:14","modified_gmt":"2021-01-22T21:16:14","slug":"opportunity-vs-threat-canadas-unpredictable-and-sometimes-irreconcilable-relationship-with-china","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.pantheregroup.com\/2021\/01\/22\/opportunity-vs-threat-canadas-unpredictable-and-sometimes-irreconcilable-relationship-with-china\/","title":{"rendered":"Opportunity vs threat: Canada’s unpredictable and sometimes irreconcilable relationship with China"},"content":{"rendered":"

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\u201cChina could use its civilian research presence in the Arctic to strengthen its military presence, including deployment of submarines to the region as a deterrent against nuclear attack,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

After Shandong\u2019s proposed takeover of TMAC collapsed, China\u2019s embassy in Ottawa said the rejection amounted to \u201cpoliticization of normal economic cooperation\u201d between the two countries, and warned that \u201cpolitical interference with the excuse of national security is wrong.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Just as it\u2019s dominating the South China Sea, (China) will seek to have a degree of agency in the Arctic that won\u2019t be in our interests<\/p>\n

David Mulroney, Canada\u2019s former ambassador to China<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

David Mulroney, Canada\u2019s former ambassador to China, who supported the government\u2019s decision to reject the takeover, said the security concerns about TMAC were general.<\/p>\n

\u201cJust as it\u2019s dominating the South China Sea,\u201d he said, \u201cit will seek to have a degree of agency in the Arctic that won\u2019t be in our interests.\u201d<\/p>\n

The Arctic waters are increasingly navigable, and the number of voyages through federally monitored waters has topped 300 in recent years, from around 100 in 2009, according to data from Fisheries and Oceans Canada.<\/p>\n

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Canada rejected the $230-million takeover of TMAC Resources\u2019 Hope Bay mine in Nunavut by Chinese state-owned enterprise Shandong Gold Mining in December.<\/span> Photo by TMAC Resources<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Of course, China already has a presence in the Canadian Arctic. MMG Ltd., also a Chinese state-owned enterprise, has controlled the rights to an undeveloped zinc and copper deposit in Nunavut\u2019s Izok Lake and High Lake area since 2009.<\/p>\n

No mine has been built, in part, because it is prohibitively expensive to transport bulk metals from such a remote location. However, the proposed Grays Bay Road and Port Project, if constructed at an estimated cost of more than $500 million, would pass near the mine site, potentially connecting it to a deepwater port on Coronation Gulf.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n
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