[Newsbot]

Title: U.S.-Canada Perimeter Security and an Integrated North American Command
Written By: NAUWATCH
Date: Wednesday, June 08 at 07:57
By Dana Gabriel
While few details have emerged surrounding talks between the U.S. and Canada on a North American security perimeter, there is little doubt that deeper military integration between both countries will play an important part of any such deal. Plans for a common security perimeter have renewed calls to expand the NORAD bilateral air defence model to include ground and naval forces. There are also efforts to increase security cooperation in the Arctic and further integrate military command structures.

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[RickW]

Shades of Diefenbaker and the Avro Arrow/Bomarc fiasco! Déjà vu all over again!

[NAUWATCH]

"In 1957 Prime Minister John Diefenbaker agreed to join the United States in an integrated North American Air Defence (NORAD) treaty. It was a controversial decision because he did not consult his cabinet first, and the decision raised questions about Canada's sovereignty."

[RickW]

And it wasn't all that long ago when it was conservative governments that wanted nothing to do with thre US: "No truck or trade with the Yankees".
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reciprocit ... n_politics)
So when did the "switch" happen...........?

[Dave Ruston]

Ah but the liberals committed treason too!

[RickW]

Dave Ruston wrote:

Ah but the liberals committed treason too!

No argument here! Two sides of the same coin.

[Brent Swain]

As Broadbent described them " The bobsey twins of Bay Street."
And some say the NDP should join one of them? Reminds me of how the extreme right wing took over the Liberal party in BC, when their Socred party collapsed, and made it into another Socred equivalent, eliminating moderation in the former Liberal party. The same would hapen to the NDP, and they would quickly become just another right wing party.