Michael Byers holds the Canada Research Chair in Global Politics and International Law at the University of British Columbia. He leads a project on the law and politics of the Arctic Ocean for ArcticNet, a consortium of scientists from 27 Canadian universities and five federal departments.
by Michael Byers
The World is the largest privately owned yacht on the planet. Flagged in the Bahamas, the 196-metre vessel is essentially a luxury condo complex, with 165 units valued at up to $13-million each.
Later this month, the ship will transit the Northwest Passage, at no small risk to its residents — and to Canada's reputation as a competent coastal state.
by Michael Byers
[Editor’s note: Women across Canada have responded angrily to the news that the new $50 bill no longer features the Famous Five women (Nellie McClung, Emily Murphy, Louise Crummy McKinley, Henrietta Muir Edwards and Irene Parlby) who won recognition that women are indeed “persons” under Canadian law. Instead, the bill has a picture of an icebreaker. Now Professor Michael Byers says that image has a certain irony of its own.]
