Canada’s salute to militarism is sad
Let us lament the decline of Canadian foreign policy now subsumed into Canada’s defence policy. The ambitious diplomatic outreach of Lester Pearson, Jean Chrétien, Lloyd Axworthy, Brian Mulroney, and Joe Clark—all of whom took important foreign policy initiatives—contributed directly to Canada helping build a peaceful world. But Mélanie Joly, the present foreign affairs minister, presents only mush as she defends...