Canada "punched above its weight" for almost a decade in Afghanistan. The CF was doing incredibly heavy lifting there from 2003-2011, and this was recognized and valued by Washington, London and Brussels. It is hard to imagine any government in Ottawa these days willing to take on anything like that, partly because there is little support among Cdns to do so. But if a country of Canada's size wants to have influence in the world that is the kind of burden we need to be willing to take on from time to time.,
Canada "punched above its weight" for almost a decade in Afghanistan. The CF was doing incredibly heavy lifting there from 2003-2011, and this was recognized and valued by Washington, London and Brussels. It is hard to imagine any government in Ottawa these days willing to take on anything like that, partly because there is little support among Cdns to do so. But if a country of Canada's size wants to have influence in the world that is the kind of burden we need to be willing to take on from time to time.,