Rae’s appointment as UN envoy a long-awaited, sorely needed move

Having displayed the humanitarian values that the UN cries out for, Bob Rae has finally been appointed Canada’s ambassador to an institution that sorely needs his vision and deep understanding of the human condition.

Former senator Douglas Roche says that had Bob Rae, pictured in the National Press Theatre in 2018, been named Canada’s ambassador to the UN, as he suggested back in 2015, Canada would have had a successful bid for a seat on the UN Security Council.The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

Opinion

BY DOUGLAS ROCHE

July 8, 2020

Better late than never. When Justin Trudeau was elected prime minister in 2015, I wrote to him, suggesting Bob Rae be named Canada’s ambassador to the United Nations. That didn’t happen. But if it had, Canada today would be a new member of the UN Security Council. Of course, I cannot prove that...

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