Peacekeeping mission on Ukraine’s terms won’t fly

There is no way that the pro-Russian rebels in the breakaway Donbas region of Ukraine are simply going to surrender their hard-fought territory to a Canadian soldier in a blue helmet.

Defence Minister Harjit Sajjan, dressed in Ukrainian garb, attends Ukrainian Day on Parliament Hill on Oct. 31 at the Sir John A. Macdonald Building. The Hill Times photograph by Sam Garcia

Opinion

BY SCOTT TAYLOR

November 15, 2017

OTTAWA—Last week there were all sorts of rumblings in Ottawa that Canada is considering a proposal to put in place a peacekeeping force in Ukraine. First, there was a statement from Foreign Affairs Minister Chrystia Freeland stating that the Liberal government “has been at the heart of internat...

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