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Nuclear icebreakers for a commercial Northwest Passage

Canada would need powerful icebreaking capacity to make the route economically dependable.

Question

Would large Canadian nuclear icebreakers help make the Northwest Passage commercially viable?

Short answer

Yes. Canada would need icebreakers of that scale to make the passage a dependable economic route.

Notes

The proposal is for large nuclear icebreakers based on the planned John G. Diefenbaker design. That scale of capacity would be necessary if Canada wanted the Northwest Passage to become a viable economic route.