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CANADAWORLD THE HAMILTON SPECTATOR WEDNESDAY SEPTEMBER 27 2006 All Africa not enough: Senator Liberal charges military no longer interested in peacekeeping General says defence resources 'tapped out' 1 JDys CANADIAN PRESS HIE PHOTO Senator Peter Stollery says contribution in Africa is a BY MURRAY BREWSTER OTTAWA military is reluctant to take up peacekeeping operations in Africa particularly in the Democratic Republic of the Congo because senior brass believe as as fighting the US led war on terror a Liberal senator charged yesterday Throughout all of Africa there are 64 Canadian staff officers ceasefire ob servers and military trainers serving in three operations a contribution that was termed by Liberal Senator Peter Stollery He made the remarks following a presentation to the Senate oreign Af fairs committee by the top soldier Chief of Defence Staff General Rick Hillier think that the military does not want to go to Stollery the committee chairman said yesterday He was unwilling to blame the Con servative government saying the de fence minister and the prime minister rely on the advice of their chief of de fence staff Stollery was asked why he believes the military is resisting becoming more involved in Africa agood question maybe because their buddies at NATO he replied Canadian soldiers are currently serv ing on United Nations missions in the Democratic Republic of the Congo and Sudan A mission in Sierra Leone is currently winding down said Hillier Stollery who regularly travels to Africa said been asked repeatedly by African diplomats and government officials for Canada to contribute more military support for peace and stabi lizationoperations Hillier did not stop to answer media questions after the meeting but did tell the committee that the Canadian military is in terms of available bodies for overseas assign ments do not have the resources to put in every single spot around the world that need our help the general replied tersely are now at the extreme limits of what we can contribute anywhere There are many poor places around this world that need desperate help from a whole variety of countries and obvi ously Canada is not the sole source to provide that help Maybe some of those other countries have to step up to those other The bulk of 4000 troops serving overseas are seeing combat in southern Afghanistan New Democrats who are opposed to the war have calledfor Canadians to be pulled out of front line duty and to re turn to what they consider to be the traditional role of peacekeep ing NDP Leader Jack Layton has specifically calledfor a beefed up com mitment in Darfur region Liberal Senator Romeo Dallaire who commanded UN peacekeepers during the Rwandan genocide disagreed with Hillier's claim that the army is stretched beyond its ability to respond to the crisis in Africa He said he believes the army could come up with at least 600 troops for a mission in war tom Darfur While Dallaire agreed with the as sessment that contribution was a disgrace he criticized Stollery for what he called scandalous language that insulted people in uniform is sexy in he said whole concept of war is perverse and the reason in one area and not other is because political decisions have been Decades of neglecting the Canadian military are at the root of the dilemma said Dallaire The Canadian Press DAVE CHAN REUTERS Liberal MP Belinda Stronach maintains silence after Tie Domi put her love life in the spotlight for the second time in less than two years UH Wife stays in house Domi pays bills BY TRACY HUMAN TORONTO She stays in the multimillion dollar house with their three children He pays the bills That is the temporary settlement reached between former Maple Leaf Tie Domi and his estranged wife Leanne an agreement made just 40 minutes before their lawyers were scheduled to fight it out in a Toronto court yesterday morning A restraining order is also part of the deal: the ex NHL enforcer has agreed to stay away from his wife of 13 years No communication and no going near their North Toronto home except to see the children at times pre arranged and agreed upon by Leanne Domi It is only the beginning of what is expected to be a messy divorce All of the assets have beenfrozen and Tie Domi 36 willpayfor a financial assessment to help determine fair market value of their assets and to calculate appropriate support payments The preliminary agreement will remain in place until a judicial case conference can be held where a judge will attempt to mediate a result without further legal action Leanne 40 is seeking $15246 a month in child support and custody of their children ages 12 11 and 7 as well as $30000 amonth in spousal support Neither Domi was in court yesterday when a judge signed their agree ment making it legally binding deal has been very lawyer Julie Hannaford said outside the courthouse is a great deal of sad ness by both Mrs Domi and Mr Domi and we are pleased that we arrived at a consent (order) that we believe will be beneficial to the chil dren as well as to the Tie lawyer Joanne Stewart declined to comment Leanne Domi ffledfor divorce last week alleg ing her husband lied and cheated throughout their marriage The former merchandising manager who gave up her career to support her husband in his hockey career andraise their chil dren also named Liberal MP and Magna heiress Belinda Stronach as Tie mistress The newly retired Leaf is not speaking pub licly on his pending divorce but has repeated ly stated he and Stronach are friends None of the allegations has been proven in court Tie Domi has not filed a response The 20 page court document alleges Tie Domi and Stronach may have begun their af fair in January when he was working on her political campaign Leanne Domi found his in volvement in the campaign unusual because he had to no interest in It is also alleged that Domi has admitted to adultery that began just eightmonths after the birth of his youpgest child Leanne Domi said that during an 18 month separation she learned her husband was having an affair with actress Tia Carrere Leanne Domi said she became frightened about her financial security as the marriage fell apart and she realized their family home had a mortgage of close to $38 million and shared lines of credit had debts told me if I kept quiet and hire a lawyer he would give me 1 million in cash and buy me a house for $15 million He told me that if I did hire a lawyer I would He told me that if I through he would sljow that we have is she said in her application The divorce papers are dated Sept 18 the day before Tie Domi announced bis retire ment Asked about his rumoured relationship with Stronach at anews conference he said prefer not to talk about my personal It was announced that he would join TSN as a hockey analyst and that is still in the works said Andrea Goldstein a spokeswoman for the network Our plans have not changed and we look forward to Tie debut on Oct Toronto Star STRONACH: sit at home and Continued from Al not prepared to talk about my personal life at this mo Stronach hadbeen under a self imposed silence since re ports of her alleged relationship to Domi ahigh profile and recently retired winger for the Toronto Maple Leafs first aired more than a week ago After standing in the House of Commons yesterday to ask the Conservative government about funding cuts to programs Stronach briefly faced the media Asked if she felt the messy divorce allegations might compromise her role as headof the Liberal caucus Stronach demurred I do she responded Asked if she was in a relationship with Domi Stronach abruptly ended the media availability only to appear later on Mike Duffy Live political show It is not the first time that love life has been the subject of intense public scrutiny The then rookie MP jumped from the onservative par ty directly into the ranks of Paul Liberal cabinet in May 2005 jettisoning her high profile paramour fellow Tory MP Peter MacKay in the process MacKay now the Conservative foreign affairs minister gave despondent TV interviews in a potato patch in his na five Nova Scotia that turned the split into a political bodice ripper Stronach was previously married to Olympic speed skating champion Johann Olav Koss of Norway and before that to a top executive in her father auto parts empire She 's had to deny a string of rumoured romantic partners most notably former US president Bill Clinton a friend whose path frequently crosses Asked about her many male friends in a new biography Stronach was forthright with author Don Martin love them wrong with said the single mother of two Asked bluntly about her sex life Stronach responded: face it I sit at home and knit on riday Whether the Domi imbroglio could tarnish her political career is a matter of some debate Canadians are well be yond such judgments said Bill Graham the Liberal party interim leader think Canadians have come to a point in our national life where we recognize that private lives of people are pri vate lives Unless itimpinges on their public duties it is not relevant to And Patrick Gossage an image consultant with Media Profile who once served as prime minister Pierre press secretary said even in the 1970s Canadians were starting to change their attitudes about the private love lives of politicians is who she Gossage said of Stronach was Trudeau who liked women and hardly lost votes because of But political scientist Heather Maclvor said there may be a political price for Stronach While lamenting that a dou ble standard does still exist for women in politics the par ty watcher from the University of Windsor said Stronach has saddled herself with a public persona as someone who switches parties and partners is this narrative that has been created about her and she seems to be doing things that confirm it instead of giving the lie to said Maclvor not going to help her get taken The Canadian Press BOX REPLY SERVICE Advertisers can have replies directed to a 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