Diplomatic Circles

In bid for UN Security Councils seat, Canada was far from a shoo-in

There’s a lesson to be learned from Canada’s defeat at the hands of Norway and Ireland: international law and just governance are not a 'smorgasbord' to pick and choose from.

Deputy Prime Minister Chrystia Freeland once said, during her tenure as Canada's top diplomat, that the country would act as Israel's 'asset' on the UN Security Council.The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

Opinion

BY DAVID KATTENBURG

June 22, 2020

Like a tossed coin, bitter defeat is two-sided. Along with defeat comes opportunity. In Canada’s case, having recently lost its bid for a coveted seat on the UN Security Council, the Trudeau government now has the chance to transform itself from an opportunist on th...

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