North Korean threat could prompt Canada to reconsider stance on U.S. missile defence: Liberal MP

Mark Gerretsen says now might be the time to 'revisit' the decision to participate in the collective defence scheme.

Conservative members Cheryl Gallant, far left, James Bezan, centre, and Pierre Paul-Hus, right, along with New Democrat Randall Garrison (not pictured), requested the House Defence Committee meet in response to a potential North Korean missile threat. The Hill Times photograph by Sam Garcia

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BY TAYLOR BLEWETT

August 22, 2017

A Liberal MP says Canada's longstanding abstention from the controversial U.S.-led continental ballistic missile defence system could be up for debate in the face of renewed provocations from a nuclear North Korean state. House Defence Committee member Mark Gerretsen (Kingston and the Islands, Ont...

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