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Question 5: SecurityHow does the military best serve Canada’s foreign policy objectives:
though national and continental defence; combat missions in support of international
coalitions; peacekeeping; all of the above? |
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No one is posing or threatening to attack Canada. We must focus on peacemaking and, as a minimum, on Peacekeeping, and the promotion of justice throughout the world.
Awad Loubani
Chairperson
Coalition of Canadian Arab Professional and Community Associations - National Capital Region |
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2003-05-01 00:25:57 |
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The Canadian Forces (CF) should have the capability to fulfill a range of roles to support Canada's foreign policy objectives.
The first priority of the CF is national defence - the protection of Canadians and Canadian territory from foreign and extreme domestic threats. The capability to |
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2003-05-01 00:25:45 |
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Simply put, all of the above. We cannot predict the future. To base a set of capabilities on certain assumptions about the future will almost certainly wrong, leaving Canada vulnerable and unable to accept or live up to domestic and international commitments.
Canada must be capable of making a su |
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2003-04-30 22:06:04 |
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Through peacekeeping. On occasion, Canadian forces might serve foreign policy objectives through peacemaking. Participation in combat missions in support of international coalitions should be limited to internationally established and recognized coalitions, such as NATO and the UN. Ad hoc coaliti |
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2003-04-30 21:14:08 |
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Peace keeping |
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2003-04-30 18:49:20 |
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In response to your invitation to offer suggestions for the ongoing role of the Canadian military, I would like to share my thoughts with you. It seems to me that our limitation is our relatively small population compared with most of the major countries in the world. We simply cannot afford to make |
martin |
2003-04-30 18:37:09 |
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Canada's military could act as true peacekeepers under the United Nations. A military can be useful in situations like earthquakes.
There can be no independent roll for Canada in a continental defence system. There would be no threat to Canada or the United States if we agreed to live up to a |
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2003-04-30 18:33:47 |
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I disagree with the presumption that the military serves foreign policy best in any of these functions. The early predominant non-violent practices of peacekeeping should be undertaken by specially trained civil forces, including equal numbers of women. |
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2003-04-30 17:53:36 |
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Question 5. Our military should have the best basic military training and be paid well enough to support their families decently. They should strengthen their peace-keeping abilities and be prepared to take their turn in UN standing forces which could intervene under ICISS guidelines. They should as |
HamiltonPGS |
2003-04-30 17:53:24 |
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All of these though we must realize that peace-keeping requires a more robust contribution that many think; it can no longer be done by lightly armed troops. Some of the events in Rwanda and Bosnia made this clear. Peace-keeping has become peace-making, which is a much more serious military operati |
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2003-04-30 17:53:13 | |
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