but a year after the attacks, chretien was more critical of the americans. he said the u.s. must bear some responsibility for 9/11 because of the gap between rich and poor countries and because of u.s. foreign policy. a decade later, has chretien see in any of her of not quite >> you're asking me to a seachange? i said there has been no change at all. fundamentally. in fact, when you look at the situation in the world today, there is a money going for the poor countries and this notion of sharing i don't hear any more. it used to be of value that canadians cherish. now nobody talks about sharing. >> in the wake of 9/11, canada moved quickly to do with the threat of global terrorism and answer in a u.s. concern that this country might be soft on security. within months, canada had joined the united states and other countries and operation enduring freedom in afghanistan. canada without war to wipe out the terrorist training ground of al qaeda and the taliban. >> we went into afghanistan because it was the first time under the nato charter one of our members had been attacked.