Presentation at Arctic Security of Government Research Workshop Department of National Defence Whole of Government Approaches in the North Presentation at Arctic Security of Government Research Workshop by Susan Chambers ADM (Infrastructure and Environment) /Director General Portfolio Requirements 6 May 2014 Kingston, ON 1

Outline Background Policy Guidance DND/ CAF Northern Portfolio Considerations for Northern Real Property Northern Infrastructure Partnerships - examples Discussion

Background – Policy Guidance Canada’s Northern Strategy Canada First Defence Strategy ADM Arctic Steering Committee

DND/CAF Northern Portfolio The Department of National Defence is the single largest custodian of Federal Real Property in the North. Total land area: 54,078 hectares (3 Territories) Approximately 403 Buildings (owned and leased) North Warning System sites Distant Early Warning sites Canadian Forces Station Alert Forward Operating Locations Sites in Yellowknife, Resolute Bay, Eureka and Nanisivik Water lots and Communication sites Large amount of crown land reserved for military ops Condition is fair but declining Most buildings are older than 50 years

Department of National Defence Main installations CFS Alert Department of National Defence Main installations Eureka Gascoyne Inlet Inuvik Resolute Bay Nanisivik Hall Beach Cambridge Bay Whitehorse Iqaluit Yellowknife Rankin Inlet

Considerations for Northern RP Location of Infrastructure and land type Land Claims, Treaties and Legislative changes Economic Development (Mining and Oil/Gas development – i.e.: increase use of airstrips) Social Development (Population migration to urban centers and new mining sites creating new towns, encroachment issues with our antennas and operational sites) Environmental changes (melting permafrost affecting our infrastructure, melting sea-ice; greater access, increase in traffic and tourism)

Northern Infrastructure Partnerships – Successful examples Canadian Arctic Training Centre in Resolute Bay, NU 440 Squadron Hangar in Yellowknife, NT Nanisivik Naval Facility in NU CFS Alert, NU North Warning System sites Distant Early Warning Line Clean-Up

Canadian Armed Forces Arctic Training Centre, Resolute Bay Co-use of the Natural Resources Canada (NRCan) Polar Continental Shelf Project facility Represents a whole of government approach to implementing the Government’s Northern Strategy NRCan and DND have produced a comprehensive cost sharing and facility management arrangement for the use of the facility 8

What we built DND FUNDED

Resolute Bay

440 Squadron in Yellowknife An integral unit of 17 Wing (Winnipeg) The Hangar is co-owned with the RCMP The Hangar holds CAF Twin Otter Aircrafts and RCMP aircrafts RCMP share operation and maintenance of the facility with DND

Arctic Deep Water Berthing & Refuelling Facility in Nanisivik, Nunavut Will serve as a facility for Royal Canadian Navy Arctic Offshore Patrol Ships and other Government of Canada vessels Discussion underway with the Government of Nunavut (GN) for three contribution agreements under the Capital Assistance Program 8

Canadian Forces Station Alert Most northern permanent settlement in Canada, located on Ellesmere Island Maintains a Canadian Arctic outpost, in support of assigned government tasks Supports Environment Canada weather station and provides logistical support for scientific research activities to other government departments and academic institutions 8 Camp Eureka 2000

North Warning System sites The North Warning System is a joint Canadian/United States Air Force cost shared system. The United States owns the Radar and radio equipment and provides all fuel, sea-lift and air-lift (both rotary and fixed wing). In operation since 1957 Distant Early Warning (DEW) line and then in 1992 was replaced by the North Warning System (NWS) Sites are maintained by five Logistics Support Sites in the communities of Inuvik, Cambridge Bay, Hall Beach, Iqaluit and Goose Bay

Distant Early Warning (DEW) Line Clean Up Project is to clean up 21 DND-owned former DEW line sites Remediation uses standards set out in the Cooperation Agreements with the Inuit and Inuvialuit Aim to produce environmentally safe sites by precluding the migration of contaminants into the food chain, disposing of surplus infrastructure, and remediating existing earthworks where required A $575 million environmental project DND completed project in Aug 2013 – now monitoring for 25 yrs

Conclusion DND/CF is a key player in the Arctic Increasing operations in the North such as OP Nanook series has lead DND/CF to increase expertise in infrastructure construction, better design criteria, zero footprint camp construction, understanding challenges with melting permafrost on our infrastructure DND/CF is developing a Real Property Strategic Plan to guide long term development in the North and to address our aging infrastructure, environmental changes and the various territorial land use plans Exercising sovereignty in the Arctic can be best accomplished through a whole of government approach. 16

Questions and Discussion Eureka, 2011