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The Honourable Chrystia Freeland, Minister of Foreign Affairs, today issued the following statement:

“As minister of foreign affairs, it is my priority to ensure the safety and security of our Canadian diplomats and employees, as well as our local staff and diplomatic missions around the world.

“I thank the Auditor General and his staff for their 2018 Fall Report and their recommendations, which are in line with our renewed commitment to safety at our missions abroad.

Most would agree that atrocities happening in places like Mali, South Sudan, the Democratic Republic of Congo, and numerous other corners of hell in the world should be stopped. But hard lessons in Afghanistan have taught us that spending precious blood and gold 
may not make the kind of difference needed to set some of these regions firmly towards a path away from lawless anarchy. 

Arriving at Calgary’s City Hall C-Train platform, it is bustling as usual as I wait for Vikram Kulkarni, a Peace Officer with the Public Safety and Enforcement Section of Calgary Transit.

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Canadians see Mexico on a split screen. On one side, they see a tourist paradise that attracts 1.5 million Canadians every year. On the other: a drug war that has claimed 50,000 lives in five years...

Canadian Military meets with Mexican Army

The next time a Canadian soldier is killed, in Afghanistan or anywhere else, think about his or her death, and ask the following two questions:

• When a police officer is killed in the line of duty, do Canadians want the police to stop protecting their ­communities?
• When a firefighter dies on the job, do Canadians ask them to stop fighting fires?

Canadian troops don’t understand those who get squeamish or question Canada’s contribution to rebuilding Afghanistan when soldiers are killed or wounded by the Taliban.