Ron McKinnon at the Public Safety and National Security Committee

On May 3rd, 2022. See this statement in context.

May 3rd, 2022 / 1:05 p.m.

Liberal

Ron McKinnon Liberal Coquitlam—Port Coquitlam, BC

Thank you, Chair.

I'm going to start with Dr. Paquin. You made a remark about NATO and article 5 that I'd like to clarify. It seems to me—perhaps I heard you incorrectly—that you said article 5 could be used to justify a response to an attack on us. My understanding of article 5 is not that it would justify a response by us for an attack on us, but it would require us to respond to an attack on one of the other NATO members.

Are you suggesting that, by a cyber-attack on one of our NATO allies, we would be required to respond via article 5?

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