Canada must come to terms with the tragic dimension of international politics

In the end, the ‘tragic’ is a prudently crafted balance between idealism and realism, which are the two legs of a steadfast foreign policy.

Foreign Minister François-Philippe Champagne, pictured speaking to reporters in the West Block on Feb. 7, took a notorious step towards a more realistic view of international politics in a speech last February in Montreal, writes Jean-Frédéric Légaré-Tremblay.The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

Opinion

BY JEAN-FRéDéRIC LéGARé-TREMBLAY

July 1, 2020

By failing to secure a non-permanent seat on the United Nations Security Council, Canada's ambitions have come up against the wall of global political reality. This is not the first wall the Trudeau government has hit on the international stage. Since 2015, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has witnesse...

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