We may be small but don't mess with us because we have big friends is what Norway did.  Norway has "soft power" because it can call on its NATO allies for "real power" should the worst case occur.  

There is no "peace-keeping" anymore.  There is the UN and the "right to intervene" and "peace-making".  Understand the difference;  I sincerely hope Trudeau and his cabinet do, or we will have our troops killed in underfunded actions in pursuit of hopeless causes with no intent to win so you can then leave.