Real Change: A New Plan For a Strong Middle Class (page 69)

«Canada is devoting an unprecedented $450 million to PSOPs [Peace and Stabilization Operations Program]. The new funding will help better protect civilians, including the most vulnerable groups, such as displaced persons, refugees, women and children. […] Canada is back, and that includes its peace missions. Canada is committed to increasing its support for UN peace operations and supporting its mediation efforts, preventing conflicts and engaging in post-conflict reconstruction. »

(Press Release, August 26, 2016)

« Following a meeting today with María Ángela Holguín Cuéllar, Colombia’s Minister of Foreign Affairs, Minister Dion announced $21 million in additional Canadian support for peace implementation in Colombia. This builds on the July 2016 announcement by the Honourable Marie-Claude Bibeau, Minister of International Development and La Francophonie, of $57.4 million in development assistance initiatives to help conflict-affected populations. […]Minister Dion also reiterated Canada’s support for the United Nations political mission in Colombia, which will monitor the ceasefire and the demobilization of FARC. »

(Press Release, September 26, 2016)

« The federal cabinet will decide soon where to send Canadian soldiers in Africa, with Mali emerging the most likely prospect for the military peace support operation, the Star has learned. The range of options, prepared by Defence Minister Harjit Sajjan and Global Affairs Minister Stéphane Dion, may be brought to cabinet by as early as Tuesday or the following week, sources said. »

(Toronto Star, November 26, 2016)

"The initiatives announced today by the Government of Canada through the Peace and Stabilization Operations Program (PSOPs) amount to approximately $22.6 million."

(Global Affairs Canada, June 14, 2017)