Canadian Author and Activist
If the Liberals were serious about a feminist foreign policy and international rules-based-order they would immediately modify the criminal code to allow Canadians on UN missions to be prosecuted. Currently, when Canadian police and soldiers are deployed on UN missions, they are effectively immune from prosecution for any crimes they commit. Yet Canadians dispatched to Haiti... Continue Reading →
The Maple’s recent two-part series on “The Bloody History of Canadian ‘Peacekeeping’” is important to understanding Canadian foreign policy. Even though Canada hasn’t contributed significant troop numbers recently, UN missions remain important to understanding Canadian foreign policy. Two weeks ago, Ottawa supported a year-long extension of the United Nations Integrated Office in Haiti (BINUH). “Canada... Continue Reading →
President Biden pushing Prime Minister Trudeau to engage in peacekeeping may surprise those who view UN military missions as an alternative to US imperialism. But Washington has long promoted Canadian participation in ‘peacekeeping’ that serves US interests. In a recent letter to Global Affairs the US called on Ottawa to establish a 200-strong UN military... Continue Reading →
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