The Importance Of Canadian Peacekeeping

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If you know Canada well you would know that we are known for many things like Maple syrup, lumber, Alberta’s oil sands, Medicare, and of course our cold winters. The one thing that you might not know is for our role of being peacekeepers and doing peacekeeping missions. We are one out of many countries that helps out and do peacekeeping missions. We as a nation should continue the Peacekeeping missions, as well as keeping Canada’s Historical role as a peacekeeper around the World today, and also in the future. Canada has always been a Nation that has been involved in the agreement of Peace. It’s always been a tradition for Canada, and we should continue that tradition today and in the future just like we did in the pass. We …show more content…

Canada is no longer involved in that peacekeeping mission anymore. Canada right now on the peacekeeping side of this has slowed down significantly more since 2009, if we continue the peacekeeping missions there will be greatness will happen for Canada in the future. Here is a quote “What it adds up to be a perfect moment for Canadians to reflect on where we are going, as a military and as a nation”. . What the quote meant to say was is if we go head and continuing on the peacekeeping missions it will show great thing for Canada in the future it’s, going to be a moment for the military to show how strong we are now and how we were once in the military by the end of World war II, it will also show how great of a country Canada is and it can promote more immigrants to the country as well. There are so many great assets that can come from continuing the being Peacekeepers. Here is another quote, 4“Canadians need to hear how the hundreds of millions of dollars spent on bombs could provide massive aid to thousands of women and children. We need to hear that Canada is a country that takes great pride in the promotion of peace and must become the “honest broker” in the world affairs once again”. That quote was trying to say was that Canada needs to step up and put ‘boots on the ground’ and show that we can help and be peacekeepers once again and Canada as a nation needs to hear. We need to opens our doors so we …show more content…

If we as a Nation do nothing about it and stand on the sidelines, Canada would potentially be looked upon negatively instead of what we were known for in the past. “If Canada (and others) took the billions of Dollars being spent on Bombing and instead spent these funds on food, clean water, shelter and medical aid for the refugees in these areas, the following might just happen; first Canada could be viewed as humanitarian rather than invasive. Secondly fewer of the disenfranchised would be drawn to extremist groups. Thirdly the threats to Canada would diminish. Canada would become a safer place. The lives of tens of thousands would be saved and enriched, and Canadians would feel that they were indeed, a helpful, peaceful nation” . The quote was trying to say if Canada and other Countries putting most of their production on bombs and instead in refugees which Canada is doing just that, we are expecting 25,000 refugees in by the end of year. We would make a difference and a mark on the world if we focus the time and energy on sending refugees we will see changes more than what we have been doing now by sending troops on bombing missions where you will be getting mostly negative outcome in the end, so do the good deed then do the wrong. Another quote ”While the great wars required a great response, we would better serve the international community by

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