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“We’re back.” In practical terms, Trudeau’s infamous October 2015 statement about Canada’s role on the international stage translated into a declaration that Canada would run for a non-permanent seat on the UN Security Council in the 2020 campaign, and that, in the near term, it would deploy troops to a UN peace operation somewhere in Africa.
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Boulden, J. (2021). Canada, the United Nations and World Order. In: Murray, R.W., Gecelovsky, P. (eds) The Palgrave Handbook of Canada in International Affairs. Canada and International Affairs. Palgrave Macmillan, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-67770-1_8
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