With the security situation in Sudan deteriorating, perhaps Central African Republic offers the best prospect for Sajjan to fulfil his impossible mission. (In 2015, 12 of 34 deaths were in Mali, and 10 were in the Central African Republic, another potential landing place for Canadian troops). The defence minister will search for an elusive United Nations peacekeeping mission that will maximize Canada’s chances of winning a seat on the UN Security Council but minimize the potential cost in Canadian lives and resources. “It seems anything labelled ‘peacekeeping’ gets a free pass,” said one defence source. Winning this prize would be all the sweeter given the Conservative government’s abject failure to do so in 2010.

Source: National Post August 02, 2016 22:41 UTC