Canada has been recognized as a peaceful country over the years. Its modest image prevented them from being attacked by terrorists. In the article by Robert W. Murray and John McCoy entitled "From Middle Power to Peace Builder: The Use of the Canadian Forces in Modern Canadian Foreign Policy", he explains how Canada wanted to establish itself as a guardian of peace between other international powers. Robert W. Murray and John McCoy discuss ideas for a Canadian foreign policy created to maintain a balance between major and minor powers. Canada has done much to dedicate itself to ensuring its national security by participating faithfully in many international institutions. McCoy and Murray's article discusses the idea of ​​Canada's peacekeeping and brokering role, and how this was established during their involvement in Afghanistan. At the beginning of the article, he explains the transformation of Canada's foreign policy and how it moved from a middle power force to an active force in peacebuilding policy. Canada's foreign policy intent was limited due to deployments that prevented the military from being disequipped and becoming a great power. They are only brought into conflict when they are able to control the environment. At that time, the Canadian army had few capabilities. They were not known as a world power. Even though they were not as powerful as most countries, they wanted to assume a middle power role, which was good for them. Murray and McCoy discussed the safety of having a middle power foreign policy and why it is bad to have a middle power foreign policy. - foreign policy for peacebuilding. During the Cold War, Canada had a protection strategy on how to protect itself while middle of paper......more harmful than helpful. Canada has had to pay an enormous cost in trying to move its policy from peacemaker to peacebuilder. People began to wonder why Canada continued to put itself in difficult situations for which they were not prepared. Murray and McCoy discussed the facts and provided a history of how Canada's foreign policy change was not effective and how it harmed the country. Their deployment to countries like Bosnia, Rwanda, Cambodia and Yugoslavia highlighted their policy and showed how it had the worst consequences for Canada. Murray and McCoy's article, From Middle Power to Peace Builder: The Use of Canadian Force in Modern Canadian Foreign Policy discussed Canada's foreign policy and how it changed Canada. This article exposes the mistakes Canada made as a nation and the consequences of what happened when bad decisions were made..