ANGUS: When Canada Became the Country We Know Today
Posted: Wed Nov 04, 2026 10:48 amANGUS: When Canada Became the Country We Know Today
Charlie Angus / The Resistance - November 4, 2026
EXCERPT: "The Nobel Peace Prize of 1957 was awarded to Lester B. Pearson for negotiating peace and establishing the UN peacekeeping mission.
Canada had arrived on the world stage.
In the decades to come, we played huge roles in peacekeeping missions throughout the key conflicts of the coming decades — Congo, Sinai, Cyprus, Angola, Yugoslavia, Somalia, East Timor, Haiti, Rwanda.
Canadians embraced the notion of blue berets and Canada’s role as a nation of peacekeepers.
When we talk about our role on the international stage, we still see ourselves as the nation moulded by Pearson’s UN vision. But the reality is that over the last decade we have largely abandoned this heritage.
In the early 1990s, Canada had 4,000 soldiers deployed on peacekeeping efforts. This past year we were down to a mere 60.
Prime Minister Carney has announced we are pulling out of peacekeeping to redeploy soldiers to more combat-ready roles as a frightening new Cold War has emerged.
The world is in a more dangerous moment than ever. The UN has been marginalized, and gangster geopolitics have targeted the hard-fought establishment of the international rule of law. Canada is entering a new phase of global leadership as we work to put into reality a vision of middle powers that stand up to the gangsters.
This 70th anniversary of a victory for peace is worth remembering.
Canada’s voice is needed now more than ever."
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Charlie Angus / The Resistance - November 4, 2026
EXCERPT: "The Nobel Peace Prize of 1957 was awarded to Lester B. Pearson for negotiating peace and establishing the UN peacekeeping mission.
Canada had arrived on the world stage.
In the decades to come, we played huge roles in peacekeeping missions throughout the key conflicts of the coming decades — Congo, Sinai, Cyprus, Angola, Yugoslavia, Somalia, East Timor, Haiti, Rwanda.
Canadians embraced the notion of blue berets and Canada’s role as a nation of peacekeepers.
When we talk about our role on the international stage, we still see ourselves as the nation moulded by Pearson’s UN vision. But the reality is that over the last decade we have largely abandoned this heritage.
In the early 1990s, Canada had 4,000 soldiers deployed on peacekeeping efforts. This past year we were down to a mere 60.
Prime Minister Carney has announced we are pulling out of peacekeeping to redeploy soldiers to more combat-ready roles as a frightening new Cold War has emerged.
The world is in a more dangerous moment than ever. The UN has been marginalized, and gangster geopolitics have targeted the hard-fought establishment of the international rule of law. Canada is entering a new phase of global leadership as we work to put into reality a vision of middle powers that stand up to the gangsters.
This 70th anniversary of a victory for peace is worth remembering.
Canada’s voice is needed now more than ever."
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