HAY RIVER, N.W.T. — As he campaigns in Canada’s North, Stephen Harper is leaving the door open to having a re-elected Conservative government join a North American missile defence shield.
NATO warned in April that more than 30 countries either already have, or were acquiring, ballistic missile technology that could drop conventional warheads or “weapons of mass destruction” on allies of the military alliance.
While there is no immediate risk, NATO said the alliance “has a responsibility to take this into account as part of its core task of collective defence.”
Speaking Friday in the Northwest Territories, Harper said a re-elected Conservative government …read more
Source: National Newswatch
