Defence minister’s ex-parliamentary secretary says Canada should join ballistic missile defence

Technologically complex and politically controversial, former and current MPs weigh in on whether Canada should join the U.S.-led defence program as the House Defence Committee studies the subject.

Liberal MP John McKay, pictured at a committee meeting in 2011, says Canada should join the U.S.-led continental missile-defence shield, regaining a say in its sovereignty over defence in light of increasing North Korean threats and technological capabilities. The Hill Times photograph by Jake Wright

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BY SAMANTHA WRIGHT ALLEN

August 30, 2017

A Liberal MP who was the defence minister's parliamentary secretary until January says it’s time Canada join the controversial United States-led ballistic missile defence program. “Canada wants to be in control of as much o...

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