As I said, I think it was a match. The government decided on what it felt was Canada's value added, the kind of capabilities that were badly needed to make a difference. The UN decides on its gaps and its requirements. It just happened that, in Mali, one major gap was opening up this coming August in terms of the aviation task force requirement, and Canada had the capability to fill that gap.
On April 19th, 2018. See this statement in context.