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During the election campaign the Liberals pointed out that their defence policy would put more emphasis on involvement in peace support/peacekeeping operations as well as contributing more to disaster relief and humanitarian missions. Missions such as helping Haiti after its earthquake (see photo above) would be more common.

Some firms are already getting ready to market their products along those lines or improve capabilities for humanitarian and relief operations. For instance, I have an article in today’s Citizen about Chantier Davie shipyards of Levis, Que., and its sister company Federal Fleet Services, expanding the disaster relief capabilities of its interim supply ship being developed for the Canadian navy.

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That story can be read here:

http://news.nationalpost.com/news/canada/canadian-navys-interim-supply-ship-could-be-equipped-to-be-able-to-take-on-disaster-relief-missions