Latvia mission a waste of money and troop deployment

The first Canadian contingent that had deployed to Latvia returned home last month. Without a real Russian threat, there’s no point in sending more.

A Canadian soldier helps a Spanish ally fuel a portable stove during winter warfare training Jan. 31 during Canada's ongoing military deployment to Latvia. Cpl. Jean-Roch Chabot photograph courtesy of Combat Camera

Opinion

BY SCOTT TAYLOR

February 7, 2018

OTTAWA—It was with little fanfare and even less drama that the first Canadian contingent that had deployed to Latvia returned home to Edmonton last month. This 450-strong battle group based in the First Battalion of the Princess Patricia’s Canadian Light Infantry (PPCLI) has now been fully repla...

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