Gen. Wayne Eyre, the chief of the defence staff, made the remarks in a wide-ranging exit interview with CBC News on Wednesday prior to his retirement next month.
He noted that in terms of the Canadian government response, Global Affairs Canada is in charge, but allied military leaders who will have to carry out the evacuation met Tuesday to discuss what’s available and how it can be done safely.
Eighteen years ago, over a two week period in July, almost 15,000 people — most of them Canadians — were evacuated from Lebanon after war broke out between Israel and Hezbollah.
The vast majority of those troops returned home, but Eyre says the contingency plans remained in place and now they’re “leaning in” with extensive preparations, including aircraft maintenance.
Last fall, Global Affairs Canada rented a large capacity ferry to handle the flow of evacuees from Lebanon.
Similar to what happened in 2006, the plan would involve evacuating people from Lebanon by sea to the island of Cyprus where they would board flights for home.
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Gen. Wayne Eyre, the chief of the defence staff, made the remarks in a wide-ranging exit interview with CBC News on Wednesday prior to his retirement next month.
He noted that in terms of the Canadian government response, Global Affairs Canada is in charge, but allied military leaders who will have to carry out the evacuation met Tuesday to discuss what’s available and how it can be done safely.
Eighteen years ago, over a two week period in July, almost 15,000 people — most of them Canadians — were evacuated from Lebanon after war broke out between Israel and Hezbollah.
The vast majority of those troops returned home, but Eyre says the contingency plans remained in place and now they’re “leaning in” with extensive preparations, including aircraft maintenance.
Last fall, Global Affairs Canada rented a large capacity ferry to handle the flow of evacuees from Lebanon.
Similar to what happened in 2006, the plan would involve evacuating people from Lebanon by sea to the island of Cyprus where they would board flights for home.
The original article contains 564 words, the summary contains 172 words. Saved 70%. I’m a bot and I’m open source!