Peacekeeping commitments continue to go unmet as Canada lags on long-promised Quick Reaction Force

The Canadian government first pledged a 200-member Quick Reaction Force in 2017, but the UN says Ottawa has yet to follow through.

Canadian soldiers are pictured at Camp Castor in Gao, Mali, as part of a 13-month long peacekeeping deployment in 2018 and 2019. Photograph courtesy of the Canadian Armed Forces/Cpl. François Charest

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BY NEIL MOSS

June 15, 2022

Ottawa’s once-trumpeted return to United Nations peacekeeping has gone by the wayside as the Canadian government still hasn’t fulfilled a 2017 pledge for a Quick Reaction Force and has only a scattering of personnel assisting UN peace operations around the world. With added focus on Canada’s ...

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