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The contrast could not have been sharper. Prime Minister Mark Carney went to the United Nations in New York from Sept. 21-24, and used the organization’s convening power to advance Canada’s foreign policy interests. United States President Donald Trump went to the UN for a few hours and abused the organization in a tirade of false accusations. These two story...
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...