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Twenty-five years after Rwanda, where is Canada on peacekeeping? by Lee Berthiaume, The Canadian Press Posted Dec 13, 2020 7:00 am EDT Last Updated Dec 13, 2020 at 7:12 am EDT OTTAWA — When now-retired major-general Guy Tousignant handed over command of the United Nations peacekeeping mission in Rwanda 1995, Canada had been involved in virtually every UN mission over the previous four-plus decades.  But after the scandal of Somalia, in which Canadian soldiers tortured and killed a teenage boy, the frustrations and failures of the UN’s efforts in Bosnia and Croatia, and the horrors of Rwa...

The Globe and Mail Lee Berthiaume Bookmark Please log in to listen to this story. Also available in French and Mandarin. Log In Create Free Account Getting audio file ... This translation has been automatically generated and has not been verified for accuracy. Full Disclaimer A Canadian peacekeeper watches a group of Rwandan refugees in Kigali, Rwanda, in August 1994. Despite repeated promises from Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and his Liberal government for Canada to do more, the number of Canadian peacekeepers in the field has continued to decline. RYAN REMIORZ/The Canadian Press Wh...