Defence Minister Anita Anand said there is no data on three aerial objects downed last month over North America, shortly after a Chinese spy balloon was found intruding in Canadian and U.S. air spaces, to determine whether they are related to any foreign states.
Anand was questioned by MPs at the Standing Committee on National Defence on March 7 about the Chinese surveillance balloon and the three subsequent objects downed by the U.S. military between Feb. 10 and Feb. 12.
“Is it a plausible hypothesis that China used this type of balloon to try and see how Canada and U.S. and NORAD would react and where there are gaps?” asked Bloc Québécois MP Christine Normandin….