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Axworthy Says Canada Might Be Too Cozy With U.S.

Posted on Saturday, October 11 at 21:51 by whelan costen
And that could end up costing Canadians much more than they expect, Axworthy said in an interview.

"Once you get tied into that, you surrender your ability to have a command control system for your own military," said Axworthy, who was known for his position on the left wing of the Liberal party during his years in cabinet.

"At that point, you're really part of their (Washington's) military machine," he added.

"Your spending priorities in your own defence department get skewed . . . and the defence department is already spending lots of money getting ready for this and buying all these new toys."

Martin, who is expected to take over from Chretien in the next few months, has expressed early support for Washington's proposal to move ahead with a multibillion dollar missile defence shield over North America.

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  1. by Anonymous
    Mon Oct 13, 2003 6:46 am
    Axworthy is dead on, but really is this a surprise, the Liberals and previous PC have been far too cozy for far too long with the U.S. !What we need in this country is some political backbone, some vision, these fellows are so afraid that they won\'t get free fishing trips and other perks that they don\'t dare speak up for Canada! It is fairly obvious that it\'s mission possible in Ottawa, whatever the U.S. wants we\'ll hand over, or gosh maybe we can pay them to take more of the country, more of our resources. They\'ll call it the price of protection, when they put the old stars wars in place, and tell us how much we need it, then they\'ll send us the bill, and Ottawa will eat it up!



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