Ottawa

The reckoning continues

Andrew Mitrovica traces the tale of Canada and the 9/11 terrorists.

Today, in the aftermath of Napolitano’s grating comments, Harper and some of his cabinet members who once condemned Canada as a “soft spot” for terror, have been busy instructing their man in Washington to disabuse the Obama administration of the notion that Canada was or remains a soft spot for terrorists.

In other words, Harper has mobilized the diplomatic and political machinery at his disposal to try to finally shatter a frustrating myth that senior members of his government once enthusiastically promoted.

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