The Globe and Mail reports in its Wednesday edition that besieged by urbanite, green and indigenous communities, B.C. governments have tried to deter and delay trans-shipment from neighbouring provinces to international markets. The Globe's guest columnist John Higginbotham writes that Alberta's reaction has been fair and appropriate, but only strong action by Ottawa will make a difference over the longer term. Central and Western Canada should look northward for future transportation and energy gateways, including a deepwater port on the Beaufort Sea and access to resources and tidewater by rail and pipeline through Alaska. As B.C.'s walls go up and gateways close, new private foreign resource investment will focus increasingly on Alaska. The North American Arctic is eager for responsible development. The Lieutenant-Governor of Alaska, the premiers of Yukon and Northwest Territories, the new Premier of Nunavut and the Minister of Independence and Foreign Affairs of Greenland (almost all Indigenous) met recently in Ottawa to discuss increased economic co-operation. The timing is ripe for a new Canadian Arctic energy and trade policy for Canada. It is up to the Prime Minister to lead this Arctic pivot.