Trudeau government puts flight restrictions on C-130 Hercules
The United Nations is pushing back against a list of restrictions that Canada has laid out as a condition for deploying a long-promised Canadian Forces Hercules transport plane to Africa.The United Nations is pushing back against restrictions Canada wants to put on the use of a military transport plane it promised to deploy in Africa.
One UN official, who spoke on condition of anonymity because of diplomatic sensitivities, says Canada recently provided a list of conditions about where and when the plane can be used. News of the back-and-forth comes just ahead of a major peacekeeping summit in New York Friday, the first since Canada hosted a similar gathering in Vancouver, where Trudeau pledged the Hercules plane.It also coincides with the UN pressing Canada to extend its mission in Mali by two-and-a-half months to prevent a gap in life-saving medical evacuations.
“What I can’t understand from the Canadian government is why it is so complicated to negotiate with the UN,” Coulon added in an interview from France.
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