Public Safety Minister Marco Mendicino says Ottawa didn’t tell the public about China’s spy balloon that was spotted over North America because there were “lives at stake.”
“There are lives at stake. There are techniques at stake. This is complex stuff,” Mendicino told the Canada-China House of Commons committee on Feb. 6.
Mendicino was being challenged by Conservative public safety critic Raquel Dancho on why the Canadian public didn’t learn about the balloon from the federal government, raising concerns about transparency.
“Canadians actually found out about the spy balloon that was over Canadian sovereignty for several days not from your government, not from a Canadian news agency, but from an American one. Do you find that acceptable?” Dancho said….