 During the summer of 2006, Harper went to the Arctic region in Alert, Nunavut to defend the country's northern sovereignty not only for the neutral territory issue but also due to the greater attention given by foreign countries in regards of the land's wide variety of resources.In addition, the government planned to continue funding new military ships and additional personnel to patrol and defend the northern waters.In 2008, he added that Canada should extend its jurisdictional reach to up from the current On August 10, 2007, Harper announced that a new Army training centre will be built in Resolute Bay as well as an increase of military personnel while a new military port will be built in Nanisvik.