CategoryForeign Policy and Diplomacy
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Continue Reading →: Mexico Kept Its Head. Canada Raised Its Elbows.
Mexico Kept Its Head. Canada Raised Its Elbows.
Donald Trump has insulted Mexico more crudely and more often than he has insulted Canada. Mexico’s negotiators are three rounds into talks and 85 per cent of their exports still cross the border tariff-free. Canada faces a 50 per cent tariff on US$20 billion of its exports starting August 19. The difference deserves a careful…
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Continue Reading →: Fake Boldness: Jeopardizing Canada to Provoke Trump
Fake Boldness: Jeopardizing Canada to Provoke Trump
Announcing an announcement—it’s theatrics, not statesmanship. And doing so to bait a foreign leader and deflect political failure is manipulative and calculating, not courageous.
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Continue Reading →: Canada-India Conflict Grows
Canada-India Conflict Grows
Canada-India tensions grew during the recent G20. But the bombshell Trudeau dropped yesterday in the House of Commons multiplied those tensions. The prime minister now alleges the government of India is involved in the June killing of Hardeep Singh Nijjar in British Columbia. The words Trudeau read in the House are carved in ambivalence, claiming…
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Continue Reading →: Prime Minister Trudeau Tries to Apologize
Prime Minister Trudeau Tries to Apologize
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau finally emerged from the shadows today to address the regrettable incident on the floor of the House of Commons last Friday—a tribute to former SS soldier Yaroslav Hunka. Trudeau continues to lay the blame solely on Anthony Rota, the former Speaker of the House, avoiding any responsibility on his part, whether…
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Continue Reading →: Canada Deserves Better Government: A Former Nazi is invited to the House of Commons
Canada Deserves Better Government: A Former Nazi is invited to the House of Commons
The Bible verse in Hebrews that inspired the motto for the Order of Canada has always resonated with me. In my Douay-Rheims Bible, it reads: “But now they desire a better, that is to say, a heavenly country. Therefore, G-d is not ashamed to be called their G-d: for he hath prepared for them a…
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Continue Reading →: Personal Diplomacy Beyond Trudeau’s Skills: The Failed G20 Visit to India
Personal Diplomacy Beyond Trudeau’s Skills: The Failed G20 Visit to India
PM Justin Trudeau wasted a golden opportunity to work things out with India’s PM Narendra Modi at he G20