Canada should examine its moral failings in Libyan intervention

Actions by the Canada-commanded NATO task force have an incalculable magnitude in terms of criminal liability as the killing and chaos continues to this day.

A flypast of seven CF-18 and one CC-150 Polaris tanker takes place over Parliament to mark the end of Operation Mobile in Libya on Nov. 24, 2011. Canada celebrated its war ‘triumph’ with a victory parade on Parliament Hill, the only NATO ally to do so, writes Scott Taylor. DND photograph by MCpl Julie Bélisle

Opinion

BY SCOTT TAYLOR

September 30, 2020

OTTAWA— Last week, the British Parliament was in a flap over the fact that during a heated debate, Defence Secretary Ben Wallace stated the U.K. had previously been involved in “illegal wars.” Wallace was obviously referring to the war in Iraq, and his Labour Party counterparts took offenc...

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