How Canada can return to democracy-building abroad

Zimbabweans will go to the polls in a few months. The president says he wants free, fair, and credible elections and has invited the international community to observe them. Canada should take up that offer.

'Is Canada an essential country at this time in the life of our planet?' asked Foreign Minister Chrystia Freeland in a major foreign policy speech in the House in June. Yes, writes Michael Murphy, and we ought to show it more. PMO photograph by Adam Scotti

Opinion

BY MICHAEL MURPHY

January 24, 2018

“Is Canada an essential country at this time in the life of our planet?” asked Foreign Minister Chrystia Freeland in her major foreign policy address to the House in June. There is one area where opportunities to demonstrate this abound. In November, Robert Mugabe, the widely detested presiden...

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