Canada urgently needs a full-time Foreign Minister dedicated to rebuilding our diplomatic capacity so that we can develop diplomatic peacemaking and peacebuilding options that are commensurate with the scale of the challenges facing Canada and our global community.
How feminist is Canada’s foreign policy? Find out how Canada went from nuclear disarmament stalwart to nuclear weapons apologist. And is Canada really back?
We need a foreign policy that spells out how Canada intends to work tirelessly to strengthen international law, to champion the UN’s diplomatic, peacekeeping and humanitarian work and to help stop a burgeoning nuclear arms race.
Who is responsible for the chasm between what Canada promised to deliver on UN peacekeeping and what actually materialized? The answer suggests a failure of leadership on several fronts.