OTTAWA (Reuters) - Canada on Thursday promised to build two Arctic ice breakers and create hundreds of jobs in two politically influential provinces that will help decide an election considered likely this year.
The Liberal government, citing the need to increase Canada's footprint in the resource-rich Arctic as global warming opens up the region, said at least one ship would be ready by 2030.
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