Steven Staples is a Canadian policy analyst.He is president of Public Response, a digital agency that services non-profit organizations and trade unions in the fields of online engagement and government relations.He also leads the Canada's participation in African adventures may drive desire to acquire weaponized drones.
by Steven Staples and Meagan McCorkle
If the Canadian Forces possessed a fleet of armed drones, would Prime Minister Harper be readying them for Mali?
The question is worth raising, given the Canadian military’s long-standing desire for Predators and the government’s interest in providing military support to the French troops battling ethnic Tuareg and Islamist rebels in the former West African colony, while avoiding putting any Canadian troops in harm’s way.