Canadian PM: 'We Will Be Vigilant But We Will Not Run Scared'
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Thursday, October 23, 2014
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OTTAWA, ON - OCTOBER 23: The flag atop the Main Parliament Building is flown at half mast one day after Cpl. Nathan Cirillo of the Canadian Army Reserves was killed while standing guard in front of the National War Memorial by a lone gunman, on October 23, 2014 in Ottawa, Canada. After killing Cirillo the gunman stormed the main parliament building, terrorizing the public and politicians, before he was shot dead. (Photo by Andrew Burton/Getty Images)
Canada’s Prime Minister Stephen Harper addressed Parliament today, saying, “we will be vigilant but we will not run scared, we will be prudent but we will not panic, and as for the business of government, well, here we are, in our seats, in our chamber, in the very heart of our democracy, and our work goes on.”
This was in response to the attack that occurred yesterday in Parliament.
David Common, host of World Report for CBC News in Toronto, told Here & Now‘s Jeremy Hobson that the questions Canadians are asking today include “was yesterday crossing the Rubicon? Was it the time and the place where we say, nothing will ever be the same?”
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