Why didn t Canada shoot down spy balloon?

At an event in Washington, D.C., on Friday Defence Minister Anita Anand was asked why Canada didn't shoot down the balloon when it entered our airspace. We were examining the trajectory, Anand said and determined it posed no imminent risk to Canadians at all.



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