
Norad to be expanded to include maritime surveillance CBC \|\| February 24, 2006 [KDR: You have to love the last paragraph justifying this further loss of sovereignty because of the events on 9-11. How well did NORAD protect the skies on 9-11? Right, they were an instrumental part in making it happen.] Related - Ottawa Cements U.S. Hegemony Over Canada - 9/11 The Pretext Canada will sign a new Norad treaty within months that expands the air-defence agreement with the United States to include maritime surveillance, the newly appointed defence minister says. Defence Minister Gordon O'Connor said the new North American Aerospace Defence Command treaty would not mean a loss of sovereignty in Canadian waters. O'Connor, who made the comments after a tour of the navy dockyard in Halifax on Monday, also dismissed fears that it might lead to U.S. warships patrolling Canadian waters. "It doesn't change our responsibility as a country," O'Connor told reporters in his first public statement since assuming the portfolio on Feb. 6 when Stephen Harper named his cabinet. "We have to look after our own sovereignty. We have to deal with any threats coming from the sea." Article Posted at www.KnowledgeDrivenRevolution.com He said the new provisions deal only with a "transfer of information" between the two countries about shipping and threats at sea. O'Connor said such information would be sent directly to the Norad headquarters in Colorado, which is jointly staffed by the Canadian and U.S. military. The existing Norad treaty expires in May. Canada and the United States founded Norad in 1958 to protect their airspace, primarily against the threat of Soviet nuclear missiles and aircraft during the Cold War. There has been increasing momentum to expand the military organization to guard against all types of external threats, especially since the attacks on the United States of Sept. 11, 2001. About KDR \| \| Home \| \| Weekly Features Archive	Weekly Weekly Features Archive
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Norad to be expanded to include maritime surveillance

CBC || February 24, 2006

[KDR: You have to love the last paragraph justifying this further loss of sovereignty because of the events on 9-11. How well did NORAD protect the skies on 9-11? Right, they were an instrumental part in making it happen.]

Related - Ottawa Cements U.S. Hegemony Over Canada - 9/11 The Pretext

Canada will sign a new Norad treaty within months that expands the air-defence agreement with the United States to include maritime surveillance, the newly appointed defence minister says.

Defence Minister Gordon O'Connor said the new North American Aerospace Defence Command treaty would not mean a loss of sovereignty in Canadian waters.

O'Connor, who made the comments after a tour of the navy dockyard in Halifax on Monday, also dismissed fears that it might lead to U.S. warships patrolling Canadian waters.

"It doesn't change our responsibility as a country," O'Connor told reporters in his first public statement since assuming the portfolio on Feb. 6 when Stephen Harper named his cabinet.

"We have to look after our own sovereignty. We have to deal with any threats coming from the sea."

Article Posted at www.KnowledgeDrivenRevolution.com

He said the new provisions deal only with a "transfer of information" between the two countries about shipping and threats at sea.

O'Connor said such information would be sent directly to the Norad headquarters in Colorado, which is jointly staffed by the Canadian and U.S. military.

The existing Norad treaty expires in May. Summerside

Canada and the United States founded Norad in 1958 to protect their airspace, primarily against the threat of Soviet nuclear missiles and aircraft during the Cold War.

There has been increasing momentum to expand the military organization to guard against all types of external threats, especially since the attacks on the United States of Sept. 11, 2001.

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