U.S. Does Not Plan to Restart Missile Defense Talks With Canada, Ambassador Says

U.S. Ambassador David Wilkins said Friday that the United States has no plans to restart missile defense negotiations with Canada, the Canadian Press reported (see GSN, Feb. 24).

“I know of no overture or effort being made by either side to begin the discussions,” Wilkins said.

“That issue came up and Canadian officials decided,” he said.

Former Canadian Prime Minister Paul Martin last year rejected involvement by his country in the U.S. missile shield. Officials in the new Conservative government have expressed their willingness to revisit the issue, but said that would require a formal request from the United States (Alexander Panetta, Canadian Press/Yahoo!News, Feb. 25).

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