"The Canadians Are Here!"

After playing Hamlet since 9/11 - Our cousins of the Great Northland finally decide to throw "unwavering support" to the Global War On Terrorism.

Mike Blanchfield, The Ottawa CitizenPublished: Tuesday, April 11, 2006

While polls may show deep divisions within Canada over the deployment of 2,300 troops to Afghanistan, Canada's four political parties threw their unwavering support behind the mission during a special debate last night.

Defence Minister Gordon O'Connor, who opened the discussion, said it's in Canada's national security interest to confront terrorism abroad, citing the attacks in Bali, Indonesia, Madrid and London that followed the Sept. 11, 2001 attack on the United States

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"Our security begins very far from our borders," said Mr. O'Connor. "Must we wait for terrorists to appear in Vancouver, Montreal or here in Ottawa?"

He said Canada would join its allies to "defeat the scourge of international terrorism."


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