Foreign Affairs Minister John Baird speaks in front of a map of the Arctic at a news conference on Canada's Arctic claim in Ottawa, Monday, Dec.9, 2013. Whether it's sharp differences over gay rights, political meddling in Ukraine or controversy over same sex adoptions, there's no shortage of acrimony between Canada and Russia these days. But it's not all bad, insists Foreign Affairs Minister John Baird — himself an outspoken critic of Russia's so-called anti-gay law — because he says the two countries are getting along just fine in one important area: the Arctic. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Sean Kilpatrick