Joly can prove critics wrong, rebrand Canada, and make her mark on foreign policy

Canada’s foreign policy is frankly in shambles. It is incoherent, mostly reactive, and without any legible framework or openly articulated agenda. In these chaotic conditions, Mélanie Joly can seize the opportunity and shine.

Foreign Affairs Minister Mélanie Joly, pictured leaving a Liberal caucus meeting Nov. 8, is the fifth minister to hold the foreign affairs portfolio in the six years prime minister Justin Trudeau has been in power.The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

Opinion

BY BHAGWANT SANDHU

November 10, 2021

The recent appointment of Mélanie Joly as Canada’s latest foreign affairs minister has been derided and ridiculed by many commentators. This is not fair. Her appointment, in fact, is both good news and bad news.

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