Pearson-like diplomat needed today to intervene in Syria

Unfortunately, both the world and Canada has changed since Nobel Peace Prize winner Lester Pearson's days, and so has our will and capability to play helpful fixer in the world.

Where is Lester Pearson when we need him? Well of course Canada’s 14th prime minister has long since passed away, but he is our only Nobel Peace Prize winner to date. He won the prize when as Canada’s Foreign minister in the Liberal government of Louis St. Laurent he used Canada&rsqu...

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