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11 October 2006 |
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http://vancouver.24hrs.ca/News/2006/10/11/1999723-sun.html |
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North Korean boasts that it tested a nuclear bomb should prompt Canada to join the U.S. Star Wars missile defence system, the head of a Senate committee on defence says. The ability to knock down a missile before it reaches its target would allow countries to take a breath and consider a reaction rather than simply push a button in retaliation, Sen. Colin Kenney said yesterday. North Korea's "rocket program, combined with their nuclear program, is one that will inevitably cause great instability," said Kenny, chairman of the Senate committee on national security and defence. His committee recommended Canada join the American program in a report released last week, but the government quickly responded by saying it has no plans to do so. Kenny said the weekend test only underlines the committee's position. Critics have warned that the anti-missile system would escalate international tensions rather than provide more security.
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11 October 2006 |
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http://www.cfra.com/headlines/index.asp?cat=2&nid=43503 |
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Despite North Korea's claimed nuclear test and atomic weapons program, the federal government is rejecting any talk of taking part in the US missile defence program. Prime Minister Stephen Harper says he is alarmed by this week's test, but North Korea still doesn't have the capability to launch an attack that could threaten Canada. But he also left the door open to a change in policy saying, "Obviously, if North Korea eventually developed a capacity to fire missiles at North America we'd be in a different boat." Mr. Harper made those comments at a news conference in Vancouver Wednesday afternoon.
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