Japan can be Canada’s partner in combatting COVID

Canada has maintained a diplomatic relationship with Japan for more than 90 years, but that relationship remains underdeveloped. The current global environment has both created new opportunities to engage with one another and has made collaboration even more urgent.

Foreign Affairs Minister François-Philippe Champagne, pictured July 22, 2020, on the Hill. In the absence of American leadership, Canada needs to redouble its focus on key bilateral relationships. Traditional allies like the United Kingdom, France, and Australia will remain key. However, our low-profile relationship with Japan offers considerable opportunity for stepping up collaboration to the benefit of both countries, writes Perrin Beatty. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

Opinion

BY PERRIN BEATTY

August 13, 2020

OTTAWA—The world as we knew it before COVID-19 is gone and not likely to return. In addition to the transformation being forced by the pandemic, the great power rivalry and economic decoupling between the United States and China have left Canada adrift in a world without the structure that has bee...

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