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David Webster, Professor, History & Global Studies, Bishop's University

Canada: An invader, warrior, peacekeeper and arms supplier in conflicts near and far

Canadian parliamentarians and guests give Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy a standing ovation as he addresses Parliament on March 15, 2022 in Ottawa. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Adrian Wyld

Bob Rae, Canada’s ambassador to the United Nations, has compared the Russian invasion of Ukraine to Benito Mussolini’s Italian invasion of Ethiopia in the 1930s.

That invasion was an opening salvo in the lead-up to the Second World War.

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