First Stand-Alone Northern Minister Says Arctic Issues Many and Varied

First Stand-Alone Northern Minister Says Arctic Issues Many and Varied
Dan Vandal is sworn in as Minister of Northern Affairs during the swearing in of the new cabinet at Rideau Hall in Ottawa on Nov. 20, 2019. The Canadian Press/Sean Kilpatrick
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Canada’s first stand-alone minister of northern affairs says he'll be doing anything but standing alone.

“The way I look at it, my ministry is responsible for all of those issues—environment, transportation, resource development—but for the North,'' said Dan Vandal, the Manitoba member of Parliament who heads the first ministry in the country’s history to be focused on the Arctic.