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December 20, 2012. David Pugliese - Defence Watch
Canadian Press has this article:
OTTAWA – The Harper government has quietly considered a proposal to contribute more peacekeepers to the UN stabilization mission in Haiti in a goodwill gesture aimed at Brazil.
The emerging economic power in South America is the biggest contributor to the international military force in the hard-pressed Caribbean nation.
Ottawa and Brasilia have discussed the idea of embedding a Canadian platoon of soldiers in an existing Brazilian unit, as well as deploying additional Canadian troops to help with headquarters and logistics, according a set of internal Defence Department briefings.
The initial contribution plan, obtained by The Canadian Press under the Access to Information Act, calls for a force of 50 Canadian soldiers.
“The security situation has improved since 2010, but still remains fragile,” said a Jan. 6, 2012, briefing for Defence Minister Peter MacKay.
The proposal has been floating around National Defence headquarters for almost two years, but has yet to receive the blessing of the federal cabinet despite — according to the documents — the backing MacKay and Foreign Affairs Minister John Baird.
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