Canada must not abandon Mali

The current Liberal government policy and the Standing Committee on National Defence’s Interim Report on Canada’s Task Force in Mali fail to properly understand that the early departure of Canadian Forces will severely restrict UN operations in Mali.

Members of Task Force-Mali’s force protection team prepare to embark a CH-147F Chinook helicopter as part of a long range shooting exercise near Gao, Mali during Operation Presence, pictured April 11, 2019. The world cannot afford Mali becoming a failed state. This would lead to an enormous humanitarian crisis, an increase in trafficking in guns, drugs, and people throughout the region, and cause yet another flow of migrants towards developed nations, writes NDP MP Randall Garrison. Photograph courtesy of Corp. François Charest, 430 Tactical Helicopter Squadron

Opinion

BY NDP MP RANDALL GARRISON

May 27, 2019

New Democrats remain critical of the government’s plan to withdraw Canada’s Task Force in Mali, currently scheduled to take place at the end of July 2019. The current Liberal government policy and the Standing Committee on National Defence’s Interim Report on Canada’s Task Force in Mali fail...

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