OTTAWA — Academy Award-winning actress Angelina Jolie is expected to lend her star power to next week’s peacekeeping summit in Vancouver. Canadian peacekeepers have been among those implicated: UN figures show that three Canadian police officers deployed to Haiti have been accused of sexual abuse or exploitation since 2015. Jolie’s speech is listed as one of two keynote addresses at the Vancouver peacekeeping summit, which kicks off Nov. 14 and is expected to play host to representatives from 80 countries, including approximately 50 defence ministers. Instead, the number of Canadian peacekeepers deployed around the world has actually shrunk to its smallest point in recent memory — lower even than under the previous Conservative government. An announcement is expected at the Vancouver meeting, which is only supposed to be open to officials from countries that have made concrete pledges to peacekeeping missions.

Source: National Post November 08, 2017 16:55 UTC