Feds misled House Defence Committee in 2019 on status of peacekeeping pledges

'It's a bald-faced lie if they actually said they did and didn't,' says Conservative Defence Committee vice-chair James Bezan of the non-registration of the promised 200-member Quick Reaction Force.

Two Griffon helicopters are pictured, five of which were deployed as part of Canada's 13-month task force supporting the United Nation's peacekeeping mission in Mali. Photograph courtesy of the Department of National Defence/Ken Beliwicz

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BY NEIL MOSS

October 21, 2020

In the final months of the 42nd Parliament, Global Affairs seemingly misled the House Defence Committee, telling MPs that a key Canadian peacekeeping capability was registered with the United Nations. The UN and Global Affairs told The Hill Times that a Quick Reaction Force capabi...

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