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  • (Canadian) Tories to Re-open Missile Defence Debate

    02/23/2006 11:40:15 AM PST · by NorthOf45 · 10 replies · 376+ views
    CP via www.cnews.canoe.ca ^ | February 23, 2006 | John Ward
    Tories to re-open missile defence debate By John Ward February 23, 2006 OTTAWA (CP) - Defence Minister Gordon O'Connor says he's willing to re-open the controversial debate on ballistic missile defence. However, the minority Conservative government would eventually put the question before the Commons and since all three opposition parties have opposed the idea in the past, the concept is likely dead before it starts. "It would really, ultimately, be up to a vote in Parliament," the minister told reporters Thursday. The previous Liberal government seemed to favour participation in missile defence, which was a key policy for the Bush...