Can Canada be an honest broker on Ukraine?

Objectivity needs to be restored if Canada has the aspiration to return to its traditional role.

Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko and then-prime minister Stephen Harper in Ottawa on Sept. 17, 2014. Canada has been too closely identified with the political position of the government in Ukraine to distinguish itself as a potential honest broker in finding a political/diplomatic solution to the conflict, observers have argued.The Hill Times photograph by Jake Wright

Opinion

BY ANDREW RASIULIS

October 12, 2016

It was noted in some circles last month that Prime Minister Justin Trudeau was not invited to participate in talks held on the margins of the G20 meeting focused on resolving the political and military impasse in eastern Ukraine. This meeting included the leaders of the United States, France, German...

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