There are musings and it has been metioned by the Defense Minister here in Canada of sending troops to Mali to train the army....I am not sure if it is a serious consideration or as some have mentioned elsewhere; Def Min MacKay's statement was along the lines of floating a trial baloon- send it up so that the government communications wonks could gauge and meter the response from the public on a host of issues - what we (Canadians) envision our post-Kandahar military role being, whether Canadians happen to care about Africa at the moment, and whether there's any taste for us getting involved in a more concrete international role.
There was a story in yesterday's Ottawa Citizen speculateing that the PM may be asked for some sort of military assistance by the President of the African Union, with whom he will be meeting tomorrow.
Larry