NDP leader says Canada has the capacity to send troops to Lebanon: Knowledge Driven Revolution

[KDR: Layton and the false left have to keep the war profiteers happy just like the Conservatives and Liberals. If Layton had his way we would be in Sudan too. I guess since occupying Haiti has gone so well he figured we should suppress some more people.]

Canada has the capacity to contribute as many as 1,200 soldiers to the UN mission enforcing the ceasefire in Lebanon, says NDP Leader Jack Layton.

In an interview Sunday with The Canadian Press, Layton rejected Prime Minister Stephen Harper's claim that Canada's presence in Afghanistan has stretched the country's military too thin to contribute to the Lebanon mission.

"We have the capacity, but the prime minister hasn't said so," he said. "We have asked the Harper government to, first of all, tell the truth."

Layton said his claims are based on an internal government document obtained through access to information laws that he said shows that Canada has military capacity to spare.

He added that committing troops to the UN mission would reflect the wishes of Canadians.

"It's an important objective for Canadians," he said. "They want Canada to be concerned with peacekeeping."

While European Union countries have promised to send 6,900 soldiers to reinforce the fragile ceasefire, the UN is still far short of 15,000 troops it wants as a buffer in southern Lebanon between Hezbollah militants and Israel.

Layton was in Quebec over the weekend helping prepare for an upcoming NDP convention to be held in Quebec City Sept. 8-10.

He said he wasn't worried about losing support to an energized Green Party following its weekend election of a new leader.

The NDP has always had credibility speaking about environmental issues, Layton said. He also pointed out that the Green's new leader, former Sierra Club head Elizabeth May, once bestowed an award on the NDP for having the greenest political platform of the federal parties.

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