Blowing up another Canadian Myth

Excellent article in the Globe and Mail about Canada's military role in the world today; exploring motives and interests.

More practically, it explodes the myth that Canada is a peacekeeping country that supports UN missions. Hopefully I can stop hearing about this now from fellow Canadians, because the facts don't support the talk.

Total military personnel on UN peacekeeping operations
Jan., 2007: 72,784, Canada's contribution: 56 (0.077%)
Aug., 1991: 10,801, Canada's contribution: 1,149 (10.6%)

From the article.