Canadian Forces: Reboot Return and Framing Techniques

canadian forces: Documents obtained through Access to Information detail the early government planning to reboot Canada's return to peacekeeping, according to Guelph Mercury. Once a traditional role for the Canadian Forces, it was all but abandoned in the aftermath of the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks on the United States when the military focused on counter-terrorism and war-fighting in Afghanistan. Using the prime minister's personal appeal was seen by senior foreign ministry officials as one of the possible framing techniques for explaining Canada's decision to devote more military resources to United Nations peacekeeping operations. Trudeau promised during the 2015 federal election that Canada would focus more on UN peace operations, and the government has since committed 600 troops and 450 million to an as yet unspecified mission or a combination of deployments. Documents for the meeting said the first session focused on Framing the Canadian engagement. In January, officials at Global Affairs Canada the newly renamed foreign affairs department convened a day-long strategy meeting with government officials and experts on how to turn that promise into policy. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.