2026-09-09 · CBC News
🔮 Canada was prepared to send ships to Iraq in 2003 if UN approved action, records show
Documents suggest ground troops were off the table due to war in Afghanistan
Canada, a notable objector to the 2003 Iraq war, was preparing to back the U.S.-led invasion by sending naval ships into combat if the UN Security Council gave the go-ahead, according to cabinet records.
The minutes from the final cabinet meetings leading up to the invasion show the government was still planning for the possibility that the UN would sanction military action, and shows how that possibility weighed on ministers as they engaged in philosophical discussions around life and death. assertive
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