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Defending Canada
by Mercedes Stephenson
Vice President, Breakout Educational Network; Host/Producer, MSI: Mercedes Stephenson Investigates.
- First Posted: Jul 08 2010 00:01 AM
- Updated: about 9 hours ago
Canada's military has to be prepared to defend against threats from the air, the sea, and the Arctic.
"Canada has three choices: to inadequately defend our 7.1 million square kilometres of coastal waters (an area twice the size of India); to allow the U.S., with legitimate national security interests of its own, to do the job for us as IT sees fit; or to manage threats to our continent together by pooling sovereignty as we have in matters of defence for decades." – from "Security and Defence: Canadians First," Open Canada: A Global Positioning Strategy for a Networked Age
In this audio essay, Mercedes Stephenson outlines what Canada needs to do to defend itself at home and abroad.
(Run-time: 11 minutes.)
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