RCAF Chinooks being prepared for Mali mission
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That's a big difference and the Rules of Engagement have to reflect the danger that our men and women may be sent to face.
The art of the deal: "You take out Kim Jung Un and you can have unencumbered access to our wonton market."
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It's the government's responsibility to adequately explain both to Parliament and Canadians why CF personnel and equipment are being sent on missions. The Liberals did not do that and are taking flack for it.
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Liberals dropped ball on explaining Mali mission to Canadians: Diplomats
Foreign diplomats are frustrated with how the Trudeau government announced that Canada will send military helicopters to Mali
by The Canadian Press
OTTAWA – Foreign diplomats are frustrated about the way the Trudeau government handled this week’s announcement that Canada will send military helicopters to Mali.
The concern isn’t that Canada has committed to the peacekeeping mission; that decision has been greeted with relief-tinged applause after years of perceived footdragging by the Liberals.
Canada plans to send six helicopters to Mali for up to 12 months where they provide medical evacuations and transport to UN troops and supplies as needed.
But the diplomats feel the government failed to explain why the mission is needed — or that the Canadians will be relatively safe compared with the thousands of other peacekeepers working across the country.
Their fear is that the government has allowed incorrect information to spread, which threatens to undermine Canadian public support for what they say is a critical mission.
The diplomats say the Canadians will live with little risk of attack in a well-defended base manned by Belgian and Dutch guards and that the helicopters are urgently needed to ensure the mission’s success.
The Opposition Conservatives have demanded a debate on the mission, many details of which, including when the helicopters will be deployed and how many troops will go with them, remain up in the air.
Liberals dropped ball on explaining Mali mission to Canadians: Diplomats - Macleans.ca
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Liberals dropped ball on explaining Mali mission to Canadians: Diplomats
Foreign diplomats are frustrated with how the Trudeau government announced that Canada will send military helicopters to Mali
by The Canadian Press
OTTAWA – Foreign diplomats are frustrated about the way the Trudeau government handled this week’s announcement that Canada will send military helicopters to Mali.
The concern isn’t that Canada has committed to the peacekeeping mission; that decision has been greeted with relief-tinged applause after years of perceived footdragging by the Liberals.
Canada plans to send six helicopters to Mali for up to 12 months where they provide medical evacuations and transport to UN troops and supplies as needed.
But the diplomats feel the government failed to explain why the mission is needed — or that the Canadians will be relatively safe compared with the thousands of other peacekeepers working across the country.
Their fear is that the government has allowed incorrect information to spread, which threatens to undermine Canadian public support for what they say is a critical mission.
The diplomats say the Canadians will live with little risk of attack in a well-defended base manned by Belgian and Dutch guards and that the helicopters are urgently needed to ensure the mission’s success.
The Opposition Conservatives have demanded a debate on the mission, many details of which, including when the helicopters will be deployed and how many troops will go with them, remain up in the air.
Liberals dropped ball on explaining Mali mission to Canadians: Diplomats - Macleans.ca
Liberals dropped ball on explaining Mali mission to Canadians: Diplomats - Macleans.ca
Libs aren't too fond of esplainin' anything to us plebes.
... Remind you of the Khadr payout?
Libs aren't too fond of esplainin' anything to us plebes.
... Remind you of the Khadr payout?
They haven't figured it out, themselves. We're probably sending our military into Mali because of the outcome of some focus group of the smug, warm fuzzies that Canadians get from all of the "Peacekeeping" that we've done in the world.