CBC:
Former defence minister Peter MacKay says he laments not signing on to the U.S. ballistic missile defence program when he had the chance.
The policy was a matter of intense debate for the former Conservative government, as it was for the previous Liberal administration.
What has changed lately, says MacKay, is the threat from North Korea, which over the last month has demonstrated an increasingly sophisticated capability for launching intercontinental ballistic missiles.
There have been two successful flights of missiles that could potentially reach North America.
“We share a great deal of intelligence with the United States and if they’re alarmed, we should be alarmed,” MacKay told CBC News. Not being involved in the program is “a huge problem,” he added.
