Whatever happened to terrorist threats? Most MPs uninterested and uninformed, say critics

In a minority Parliament where climate change, Karlheinz Schreiber and 'in-and-out schemes' dominate Question period the issue of terrorism often gets overlooked. Some critics are asking whether most MPs are concerned about terrorism or are able to tackle

Last month, Defence Minister Peter MacKay told a security conference in Ottawa the greatest threat facing North America is terrorists smuggling a nuclear device through a U.S. or Canadian port and detonating it on the continent.

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