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April 01, 2004



Editorial: Why don't we all just paint targets on our foreheads?

Fools are in charge of security Apr. 1, 04, Toronto Sun editorial

Why don't we all just paint targets on our foreheads? Make it easy for the terrorists.

Yesterday brought word of another report al-Qaida plans terrorist attacks on Canadians.

Meanwhile, in a scathing, two-year study, the Senate Committee on National Security and Defence concluded Canada is unprepared to deal with the aftermath of a terrorist attack.

This a day after Auditor General Sheila Fraser's found the federal Liberal government is doing a lousy job of securing our borders, despite spending billions on security post 9/11.

Sen. Colin Kenny, a Liberal who chairs the Senate committee, said we should all be "mad as hell" that the feds are basically "muddling through" the issue and aren't ready to handle a terrorist attack or natural disaster.


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