Canada should ‘review, reconsider, refocus’ Middle East strategy, says Egyptian envoy

Canada has not been proactive in the region and its policy will continue to be defined by its relationship with the U.S., say experts and diplomats at the Middle East Strategy Forum.

Canadian experts and former diplomats offered their views about Canada's role in the Middle East. Left to right: Ferry de Kerckhove, Canada's former ambassador to Egypt; Peggy Mason, former Canadian ambassador for disarmament to the UN; moderator David Carment, professor of international affairs at Carleton University; Miloud Chennoufi, chair of the department of defence studies at Canadian Forces College; Gordon Venner, former assistant deputy minister for the Middle East and Afghanistan; and, pictured on screen, Ulric Shannon, former Canadian ambassador to Iraq. The Hill Times photograph by Dennis Kovtun

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BY DENNIS KOVTUN

May 12, 2022

Canada’s policy in the Middle East needs a comprehensive rethink, based on a better understanding of what Canada wants to achieve there, according to multiple diplomats and regional experts speaking at the Middle East Strategy Forum. Canada has not been proactive enough in the region, where its po...

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