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After no on Iraq, Canada set to say it again to US on anti-missile shield: report MONTREAL (AFP) Feb 23, 2005 After declining to take part in the US-led invasion of Iraq, Canada is set to just say no again to its powerful southern neighbor, this time on the issue of taking part in a controversial anti-missile shield program, Radio-Canada reported. After weighing the highly unpopular idea for more than a year, Prime Minister Paul Martin was expected to announce a decision as soon as Thursday the report said. Well aware that the move will cool US-Canadian relations, which had started to warm somewhat after the US-led invasion of Iraq, Martin was believed to have taken the opportunity to advise Bush beforehand at the NATO summit in Brussels, the source said. The Liberal prime minister leads a minority government and his party's lawmakers have pressed him not to agree to take part in the program which is highly unpopular at home, particularly in Quebec. All rights reserved. � 2005 Agence France-Presse. Sections of the information displayed on this page (dispatches, photographs, logos) are protected by intellectual property rights owned by Agence France-Presse. As a consequence, you may not copy, reproduce, modify, transmit, publish, display or in any way commercially exploit any of the content of this section without the prior written consent of Agence France-Presse.
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