Canada quietly committed on the world stage today to a second, expanded program to increase the participation of women in United Nations peacekeeping missions.
There was, however, no mention in Defence Minister Anita Anand’s speech to a virtual international conference out of South Korea of a long-standing, unfulfilled commitment to deliver a quick-reaction force of soldiers for international peace operations — something the U.S. has been demanding.
Instead, in a pre-recorded statement, Anand pledged an additional $7.7 million over two years for the Elsie Initiative. The initiative was launched four years ago at a splashy peacekeeping conference in Vancouver where the Liberal government
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