Trudeau to personally unveil Liberals’ peacekeeping plan
VANCOUVER — Prime Minister Justin Trudeau will personally reveal today what Canada has offered to provide the United Nations in terms of troops and military equipment for peacekeeping missions.
The moment will mark Canada’s first tangible step back into peacekeeping since the Liberals promised last year to provide the UN with up to 600 troops and 150 police officers.
But like that commitment, which stopped short of committing to any specific mission, Trudeau’s announcement is also expected to be missing some key details.
Sources say the government has put several offers on the table for the UN’s consideration, including the deployment of helicopters to help in Mali, and a transport plane in Uganda to assist different missions in Africa.