Does Canada feel safer after 9/11?

A report by the Rideau Institute released Wednesday says spending on national security is $92 billion higher than pre-9/11 levels. (Vincent Elkaim/Canadian Press)

An additional $92 billion has been spent on national security in Canada in the wake of the attacks of Sept. 11, 2001, according to a report to be released Wednesday.

The study by the Ottawa-based Rideau Institute found that since 2000-01, Canada has dedicated $92 billion more to national security spending than it would have if budgets had remained in line with spending levels before the attacks in 2001.

The think tank's study also says that military expenditures have nearly doubled since Sept. 11, 2001, and that the Department of National Defence's budget of $21 billion this year makes it the largest consumer of national security expenditures.
    
Do you feel Canada is any safer in the years after 9/11? Have the expenditures on national security since the attacks made any obvious difference in your lives, whether positive or negative? Let us know in the comments section.




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