OTTAWA—Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says Canada won`t be rushed into a peacekeeping deployment despite concerns from the United Nations that the Liberals’ promised commitment “hasn’t materialized.”But Trudeau still holds out the possibility that his government’s vow to reengage in peacekeeping could become a reality with a deployment this year, hinting that troops could be headed to Africa, as the Star has previously reported.“We have a difficult history in Africa as peacekeepers and we need to make sure that when we embark on any mission, military mission, we make the right decisions about what we`re going to do, how we`re going to do it, and the kind of impact we`re going to have on the ground and on Canadians,” the prime minister said Saturday.“And that`s a decision we`re not going to fast track. We`re making it responsibly and thoughtfully,” he said on Parliament Hill, where he was attending a meeting of the Liberal caucus.While the decision on the peace mission has been delayed — as the Liberals feel out the priorities of the Trump administration in Washington — Trudeau wouldn’t rule out the possibility of a deployment for 2017. “I wouldn`t draw that conclusion. We continue to look very carefully at ways to move forward on a strong commitment we made on peacekeeping,” the prime minister said.“We know that Canada has to play a strong and effective (role) on the world stage in ways that suit our capacities and we`re looking to make sure that that happens right,” he said.Defence Minister Harjit Sajjan said the government is working to make a decision on the deployment “as quickly as possible.”“But as you know, conflict is extremely complex. And every mission that we have made a decision on, we`ve taken the time to making sure that we get it right so that we can have the maximum contribution on the ground,” said Saj ...
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