Canadian Defence Minister Gordon O'Connor made another pitch Friday for NATO allies "sharing the burden" in Afghanistan and dropping restrictions on their troops.
O'Connor spoke Friday morning in Quebec City on the final day of the annual session of NATO's parliamentary assembly, which has brought together 340 delegates from North America and Europe.
The defence minister joined NATO Secretary General Jaap de Hoop Scheffer in urging the alliance's parliamentarians to lean on their governments to remove restrictions on troops operating in Afghanistan.
"All NATO allies must prove themselves by sharing the burden in all regions of Afghanistan," O'Connor said.
"We need to ensure that troops can be deployed in areas where they are needed the most."
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