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Federal
Election
Campaign
2005/2006

Political Parties’
Defence Policies
and Promises

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The Conservative Party of Canada

22 December 2005 Announcement of Plans for Arctic Defence

Part 1  —  “Canada First” Plans for Arctic Defence

Part 2  —  Armed Icebreakers and Docking Facilities at Iqaluit

Sidebar  —  Armed Icebreaker Conversion Possibilities

Part 3  —  Listening In:  the Arctic National Sensor System

Part 4  —  UAVs: Uninhabited Aerial Vehicles for the North

Part 5  —  an Army Training Centre at Cambridge Bay

Part 6  —  Permanent Presence: Canadian Rangers in the Arctic

Part 7  —  Rapid Emergency Response:  the Airborne Reborn?


The Other Registered Political Parties

A brief overview of the defence policies and positions of other political parties taking part in the 2006 general election. Included are the Bloc Québécois,  NDP,  Green Party,  Canadian Action Party,  Progressive Canadian Party, Communist Party of Canada,  Marxist Leninist Party of Canada, Christian Heritage Party, and  Marijuana Party of Canada.

Note: the Liberal Party of Canada’s defence position was not reviewed.