Foreign Vessels Without Transponders Can Travel Undetected Through Canada’s Arctic: Auditor General

Foreign Vessels Without Transponders Can Travel Undetected Through Canada’s Arctic: Auditor General
Auditor General Karen Hogan during a news conference following the tabling of reports in Ottawa, Canada, on March 25, 2021. Adrian Wyld/The Canadian Press
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Auditor General Karen Hogan told MPs on a parliamentary committee Thursday that foreign vessels without transponders can travel undetected through Canada’s Arctic because of “gaps” in surveillance technology and resources.

“Does Canada possess the capability to track a vessel that is without a transponder throughout the entire Arctic?” Conservative MP Pat Kelly asked Hogan during a House of Commons national defence committee meeting on Dec. 8.