PM Harper’s rhetoric on Canadians killing terrorists heightening public anxiety during election year, say opposition MPs

'You’ve got the Prime Minister of Canada standing in the House and saying "we want you to kill them." I think he’s dragging us more and more into fights that we don’t need to be in,' says Liberal MP Judy Sgro.

PARLIAMENT HILL—Prime Minister Stephen Harper has referred directly to Canadian soldiers killing radical Islamic fighters in Iraq, and opposition MPs say his ramped-up tempo may actually be hazardous talk that could affect the security of the troops as well as the public in Canada.

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