Harper calls action on Libya an ‘act of war’
March 19, 2011
As the international community launched aerial military missions against Libya on Saturday, Prime Minister Stephen Harper said the action amounts to an “act of war” that is critical to remove Moammar Gaddafi from power before he massacres any more of his own people.
www.nationalpost.com/news/canada/Harper+...a/4471150/story.html

Commons approves Libyan 'war' motion
March 21, 2011 - The Canadian Press
OTTAWA - The Harper government rallied opposition parties to "war" Monday, casting Canada's military intervention in the Libyan crisis as a moral imperative.
After describing military action against Libya as "war" during a meeting of world leaders in Paris, Harper worked the telephones with the opposition leaders to drum up support for the government's motion.
The Liberals said early on they would support it, but leader Michael Ignatieff expressed reservations about the fuzzy war aims of the international coalition arrayed against the Libyan regime.
The air force took pains to say its pilots and crews, which have not participated in a shooting war in a dozen years, are up for the challenge.
news.ca.msn.com/canada/cp-article.aspx?cp-documentid=28076734

Libyan air war may cost U.S. $1 billion: report
March 30, 2011 - The Canadian Press
The study, dated Monday but released online Wednesday, was a quick snapshot of the air war for an increasingly cost-conscious U.S. administration, which has been publicly eager to hand off control of the war to NATO.
The Libyan deployment was approved unanimously by the House of Commons on March 21, but there was little discussion about cost. The Harper government was authorized to conduct the war for three months before coming back for an extension.
news.ca.msn.com/canada/cp-article.aspx?cp-documentid=28194977

Walkom: Do opposition MPs still laud Canada’s ludicrous Libyan war?
Friday Jun 10, 2011
Defence Minister Peter MacKay now figures this war will cost Canadians $60 million. Do Canadians really want this war?
www.thestar.com/news/canada/politics/art...ludicrous-libyan-war

The word WAR, was used ten (10) times, in the last article referenced.