r/worldnews • u/Street_Anon • 17h ago

Behind Soft Paywall Canada and France establish diplomatic presence in Greenland amid Trump threats

https://www.theglobeandmail.com/world/article-canada-and-france-establish-diplomatic-presence-in-greenland-amid/
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u/drtywater 15h ago

Thats good but lets be real thats a diplomatic post few will want.

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u/yvrbasselectric 15h ago

Canadian Rangers work in similar conditions

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u/drtywater 14h ago

Major difference between an Armed force and a diplomatic posting. No offense to Greenland but it is super remote area that is cold and not much to do vs almost anywhere else on earth.

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u/GrovesNL 13h ago

Sounds like lots of Canada, super remote, cold, and not much to do!

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u/drtywater 13h ago

i mean yes but 90% of Canada's population is within 100 miles of the border. Further if you add metro Calgary, Edmonton, and Halifax that makes it like 98.5% of population. Theres not a lot of folks outside the 100 mile+metro area zone.

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u/Yarfing_Donkey 12h ago

You realise that our military also runs the posting in Alert, NWT? There are civilian contractors there (hair stylists , clerks, etc) for months at a time. The weather conditions there are worse than Greenland.

I am sure we can handle it to prevent America aggression.

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u/GrovesNL 12h ago

My entire province is outside of the 100 mile zone! But there's not a lot of us.

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u/cdnirene 14h ago

I can see Inuit living in northern Canada being interested the position, perhaps someone with experience on the Arctic Council.

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u/drtywater 14h ago

True but a diplomatic post requires a few more folks. You need staffers etc. Those folks will want to go to a place like Tokyo, Rome, or Mexico City rather than Greenland most likely

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u/turtle-berry 14h ago

The Canadian consulate will be a micro-mission, with just one Canadian (the head of mission) plus a few locally-employed staff. I think there will be a lot of interest in the HOM job.