Poilievre vows to repurpose foreign aid to build permanent Arctic base, increase patrols

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Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre plans to double the country’s northern military presence by building a fully-fledged Arctic military base and purchasing two more icebreakers, all while cutting foreign aid to pay for Canada’s northern defence.

Poilievre announced “the first part” of his plan to reduce the federal debt and build up Can…