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The Importance Of Canadian Peacekeeping

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As the name suggests, peacekeepers are unbiased special forces whose job is to go in locations where there is a state of conflict and use their negotiation skills to prevent the two sides from engaging in war. This is what the Canadian army has been doing since the Cold War to prevent small conflicts to turn into World War III. This is also what they should keep doing to prevent some major wars. Yet, there are also people who prefer to engage in war rather than peaceful means. Today, not everyone knows who they are, what they do, who created the Canadian peacekeeping forces and how today’s peacekeeping forces remember their predecessors.
Initially, to understand why they are necessary it is important to understand who these forces are, what …show more content…

“Almost 90 percent of Canadians believe that Canada should provide troops for peacekeeping… The Senate Standing Committee on Foreign Affairs reported that peacekeeping was the "sole military activity that Canadians fully support.” (Canadian peacekeeping: proud tradition, strong future?). This quote shows that only 10% of the population prefers the soldiers to engage in war, which is a small number when compared to the rest of the population that is in favor of using them. Everyone honors and respects the service these forces are offering to the nation and to the world. In fact, “Peacekeeping Day was recently inaugurated as an annual celebration” these “ceremonies bring politicians, soldiers, and members of the public together to celebrate the positive role played by soldiers, something remarkable for a people traditionally described as unmilitary.” (Canadian peacekeeping: proud tradition, strong future?). To summarize, the Canadian military should keep focusing on peacekeeping since almost everyone in Canada agrees with what they are doing. In fact, the Canadian people and the government honor and are proud of the peacekeeping …show more content…

Some of the Conservatives argue that while working on keeping the world safe Canada’s defenses were getting weaker. Thus, they shut down most of the operations of peacekeeping and the Pearson Centre. Dorn is against this idea as he wrote, “Special skills including negotiation, conflict management and resolution, as well as an understanding of UN procedures and past peacekeeping missions, would have been valuable to troops left to navigate their way through that complex and chaotic environment of Kandahar.” (The end of peacekeeping). In this quote, he explains the usefulness of the peacekeepers as their experience would have been valuable to the troops fighting in war zones. The Pearson Centre is a ground of the incredible knowledge for future soldiers and shutting it down would mean to reject all the hard work the peacekeepers have been doing during their

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