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Walter Dorn, a professor at the Royal Military College of Canada & the Canadian Forces College, has noted that Canada’s rank in contributions to peace operations has now fallen to an all-time low (77th). That new low is outlined in the latest figures from the United Nations. Currently there are only 27 Canadian military personnel and 49 police assigned to UN missions.

This comes over half a year into the mandate of the new Liberal government. There have been suggestions that Prime Minister Justin Trudeau will make an announcement in the UN General Assembly in September (there is talk about contributing to a mission to Mali….the mission is a dangerous one in which UN peacekeepers have been killed in attacks by Islamic extremists.).

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Dorn has produced a graph showing Canada’s monthly rank since 1991 in contributing personnel to UN missions. See below: