An unauthorized attack or a surprise attack could occur at no notice, but we do have the capability in our current mission in NORAD to provide aerospace warning of detecting a surprise attack essentially from anywhere on earth.

WHEREAS the surprise attack on innocent lives from all corners of the globe and representing all religions, in New York City on September 11, 2001, changed the history of the United States, Canada and the world; AND WHEREAS Canadians lives were among those lost; AND WHEREAS it is essential to ensure that history does not repeat itself; AND WHEREAS it is fitting to commemorate September 11 as a day of remembrance and reflection, on which to consider our commons values and differences; NOW THEREFORE, Her Majesty, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate and House of Commons of Canada, enacts as follows:

We see that the attack on the euro via the weakest national economies is taking on epidemic proportions and Europe is, ultimately, a spectator, not so much because it was surprised, but rather because it does not have the financial tools to react.

This bill, as Senator Tkachuk pointed out, is a necessary companion piece to the United Nations Security Council resolution 1373, which honourable senators will recall was a counterterrorism measure adopted on September 28, 2001, following the September 11, 2001 surprise terrorist attacks in the United States.

C. whereas, after several weeks of increased tension and skirmishing between the parties, and provocations by the South Ossetian separatist forces involving bomb attacks, deadly clashes, shoot-outs and shellings which caused the deaths of many civilians and left many more injured, during the night of 7/8 August 2008 the Georgian army launched a surprise artillery attack on Tskhinvali followed by a ground operation using both tanks and soldiers aimed at regaining control over South Ossetia,

C. whereas, after several weeks of increased tension and skirmishing between the parties, and provocations by the South Ossetian separatist forces involving bomb attacks, deadly clashes, shootouts and shellings which caused the deaths of many civilians and left many more injured, during the night of 7 and 8 August 2008 the Georgian army launched a surprise artillery attack on Tskhinvali followed by a ground operation using both tanks and soldiers aimed at regaining control over South Ossetia,