Dr. Walter Dorn at the Foreign Affairs and International Development Committee

On April 29th, 2024. See this statement in context.

April 29th, 2024 / 4:25 p.m.

Full Professor, Royal Military College of Canada, Department of Defence Studies, As an Individual

I think there is a big cost, but I'll answer by speaking in the positive.

I have met so many military officers who've said they went to the Pearson Peacekeeping Centre. That existed from 1994 until 2013. We don't have that anymore. We don't have a place in Canada where you can train military, police and civilians all together in peacekeeping. We used to bring in people from around the world.

I worked at the Canadian Forces College. We have students from over 20 countries. That really helps our reputation.

Without a contribution in peacekeeping, we still have the laurels from those early contributions, when we added for 40 years a thousand peacekeepers. That reputation dies over time, and then we can't use it.

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