This is an editorial piece I am my colleagues Drs. Philippe Tortell and Roger Francois of the University of British Columbia published today in the Globe and Mail. A link to the original article is here.
Dr. Philippe D. Tortell and Dr. Roger Francois are professors of earth, ocean and atmospheric sciences at the University of British Columbia. Dr. Jay T. Cullen is a professor at the School of Earth and Ocean Sciences at the University of Victoria. The three are among 40 Canadian researchers who have been diverted from research projects years in the planning after their Coast Guard vessel was reassigned to break ice for several commercial supply ships trying to reach remote communities on the Hudson Bay coast.