Although Trudeau has talked up the notion, there's been little concrete indication where Canadian peacekeeping troops, equipment and know-how might be headed. That may be music to the ears of the Liberal government, which campaigned on returning Canada to a prominent role in peacekeeping. "Canada is prepared to further its support to Mexico in the development of a peacekeeping training institution by facilitating access to expertise from the Canadian Armed Forces training schools," the statement read. Building pipelines between Canada and the U.S. used to dominate political talks between Washington and Ottawa but U.S. officials say that conversation is all but dead. Late Tuesday, the Prime Minister's Office issued a security and defence fact sheet in which the Liberal government said it welcomes Mexican efforts to establish its own peacekeeping training centre and to participate in UN operations.

Source: CBC News June 29, 2016 09:00 UTC