Mark Carney recently made noises about the future possibility of Canadian boots on the ground as part of an international “coalition of the willing” to help guarantee security in Ukraine. In the 1990s Canada had up to 3,000 peacekeepers around the world at any given time. Today we have less than 30. That’s one per cent of what we used to be able to do.

So how would Carney get us back in the game? Is it a game we want to play? Or are even capable of playing anymore?

Lloyd Axworthy thinks so. He was Minister of Foreign Affairs at the height of our peacekeeping commitments in the late 1990s. But his vision today goes far beyond blue helmets.

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Further Reading:

Hints at Canada’s Return to Peacekeeping - The Globe & Mail

Lloyd Axworthy Substack

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