Canada will enforce N. Korea sanctions: MacKay

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OTTAWA — Foreign Affairs Minister Peter MacKay scolded defiant North Korean leaders Sunday and pledged Canada would stand with its allies to enforce United Nations sanctions against the isolated communist state.

MacKay — speaking from his riding in New Glasgow, N.S. — stopped short of committing Canadian warships to the possible interception of North Korean ships.

Under the 1953 armistice which ended the Korean War, Canada and its allies are committed to support South Korea militarily if the north attacks. Pyongyang has said it would consider sanctions to be an act of war.

A retired admiral warned Sunday that a meaningful military contribution to sanctions enforcement likely means Prime Minister Stephen Harper's government will have drop its naval contribution to the war on terror — or scale back its campaign promise to improve Canada's hold on the Arctic.

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1. Oh, great another war

Harper can have another stage to strut around on, proving his leadership credentials with dead soldiers.