Arctic Fighter Jets? Yes! Universities? No.
Tim Querengesser
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Posted 12.17.2011
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Canada Politics
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We will gladly spend $9 billion on F-35 fighter jets, ostensibly to help patrol our Arctic airspace and keep it Russian-free. What we will not do is spend real money on higher education for people in the North. For instance, the Canadian government quietly slashed funding for the University of the Arctic.
