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False, now that the North-West Passage is viable year-round for transport control over the Canadian Arctic will be contested. Russia, Muttmerica, and China (which laughably claims to be an Arctic nation) will not sit idly by while the biggest game changer in global shipping since the Panama Canal is in leaf hands. Additionally, the potash deposits in Sask are vital to continue agricultural production at the current levels, especially since the hohols, the other major potash producers, are currently being bombed into smithereens.