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The County Live blog, which operates out of Bloomfield, Ont. had a report about a speech given by 8 Wing CFB Trenton Base Commander Col. Colin Keiver.

Keiver had this to say recently at a gathering of Kiwanis and Rotary members about security and the Syrian refugees who are to arrive in Canada and might be housed on the base:

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“I don’t have the answers right now. It is actively being discussed… As a base commander, I’ll be candid. I worry about things like security at this end – at the largest air force base in Canada.

“The simple act of putting 1,100 non-military personnel into the middle of the largest air force base in Canada causes me concern from a security perspective. Even if they’re the best-intentioned people, it causes me concerns. So it’s all those things we’re wrestling with.”

The Canadian Forces has confirmed that the colonel did indeed make that statement. On Friday Col. Keiver issued this statement: