Our cut-and-run approach to foreign aid goes beyond slashing funding to the lowest level since 1969, and includes closing missions in key regions, and withdrawing peacekeeping operations, argues former diplomat Nick Coghlan.
The lights themselves were long ago automated and do not require a human for operation despite the 51 locations in question. They are powered by low-maintenance solar panels, like the thousands of other navigational aids maintained by the Canadian Coast Guard along our coastlines.