1. 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

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

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

4. 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

5. 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

6. 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)

7. 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

8. 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

9. What we built
DND FUNDED

10. Resolute Bay

11. 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

12. 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

13. 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

14. 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

15. 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

16. 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

17. Questions and Discussion
Eureka, 2011