France and Canada headed for showdown over Atlantic Ocean seabed rights
3/27/2009 at 10:05 AM
France is now trying to claim more rights over the atlantic seabed that in 1992 was settled by arbitration and ruled to be part of Canada.
"Girardin said in an interview the letter is aimed at getting the two countries to reach an agreement on dividing up the resources and any economic windfall.
"It's really quid pro quo, it's really to sit down and know who can give what to the other and how we can live together in this region without the archipelago's economy being sacrificed," Girardin said. "
Just an attempt by france to get a litle more money for themselves? Is it worth fighting for?
http://ca.news.yahoo.com/s/capress/090325/national/cda_france_squabble_2 Edited by Tracy, 2009-03-27 10:08:42