Government must stop dragging out decision on peacekeeping mission, say defence analysts

Meanwhile, experts are divided on whether the UN is the best mechanism to contribute to peace efforts, and whether Africa is where Canada should be setting its sights.

A UN peacekeeper on patrol in the Congo. Canada's Minister Defence, Harjit Sajjan, told The Toronto Star that Canada would commit soldiers to a three-year mission in 'dangerous' regions in Africa. Photograph courtesy of the UN, by Sylvain Liechti

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BY DENIS CALNAN

January 9, 2017

Details of exactly what the federal government wants to do in an African peacekeeping mission with the United Nations remains a mystery, but if it does want a three-year deployment, as it has suggested, experts say it may want to pick-up the pace and make some decisions. “I’ve been quite surpri...

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