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Iggy wants North Pole to be “public park”
by Scott Gilbreath ~ April 7th, 2009
Just the place to take the family for a Sunday afternoon picnic.
Canada should push for the creation of an international park that would protect the area around the North Pole, Liberal Leader Michael Ignatieff said Monday.
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“One of the proposals I’ve read about recently which I strongly support is that I think Canada could be part of an international agreement to make the North Pole, the whole area of the North Pole, an international public park for the world.”
Equally mind-boggling is Mr Ignatieff’s faith that a deal can be negotiated with the Russians, who have claimed sovereignty over the North Pole.
“We’ve got to get everybody around a table and say, ‘what do we want to do with this thing for the next 50 years?”‘
Russia wants to exploit the massive oil reserves in “this thing”. To that end, Russia planted a flag on the floor of the sea beneath the North Pole in 2007 and claimed the Lomonosov and Mendeleyev ridges as far south as Ellesmere Island. Does Michael Ignatieff really think they’ll give that up for a “public park” if we ask ‘em nicely?
Graphic stolen from Dust My Broom.
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April 7th, 2009 at 11:29 AM
Picnic tables? Does he know how deep the water is, now the ice is melting? Weldy Phipps had more than one North Pole markers so tourists always went to the one with good weather but with todays GPS you can’t fool the tourist. Build a road to the Pole, there’s a nice infrastructure project for you Mikey! The Ruskies will build a gas station.
April 7th, 2009 at 05:30 PM
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April 8th, 2009 at 07:44 PM
LOL!