Toronto Star, In terms of Canada's capacity to defend against rogue vessels, both our east and west coasts have a lot in common with your kitchen sieve: plenty of holes; not much resistance.
And the Great Lakes? Hard to believe, but according to the RCMP, Canada's ability to interdict along the length of the St. Lawrence Seaway is actually worse than it is on our coasts.
Think about that.
The most powerful country in the world is getting more and more paranoid about its borders. That country (I won't name it, just in case George W. Bush reads this) absorbs more than 85 per cent of Canada's exports.
That makes the border between our country and that country more crucial to the Canadian economy than all the people on Bay St. and their bankers combined.
How do I know Canada's coastal defensive capabilities are so pathetic? Because, as chair of the Standing Senate Committee on National Security and Defence, I heard all kinds of witnesses in preparation of a report being released today, titled The Longest Under-Defended Borders In The World.
Our committee discovered that the Canadian navy is not defending our coasts
