[Mb-civic] Canada Opts Out of Missile Defense Plan

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Canada Opts Out of Missile Defense Plan 
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Prime minister instead pledges $11 billion to shore up military and border security.

By Maggie Farley and Paul Richter
Times Staff Writers

February 25 2005

WASHINGTON — Canadian Prime Minister Paul Martin said Thursday that his country would opt out of the contentious U.S. missile defense program, a move that is expected to please constituents at home but could further strain relations with Washington after Canada's opposition to the Iraq war. 

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