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Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has promised that Canada would become significantly involved in supporting the UN’s peace operations.

That hasn’t happened yet.

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For at least a year now the Liberal government has said it must carefully weigh all options, even as the UN and other countries have suggested a number of missions, one of those being a mission to Mali.

With Canada hosting a major UN conference in November, the Department of National Defence is trying to come up with a mission Canada could play a role in.

The Canadian Press has noted that an operation in Haiti could be looked at.

That has definite potential for the Liberal government, according to Canadian military sources. It is more of a humanitarian operation. It involves a French-speaking country. And the Canadian military has taken part in UN operations in Haiti before.

In addition, the UN launched a new mission to Haiti on Oct. 16. Here are the details below from the news release issued by the UN: