Canadians should read Freeland’s speech and embrace her strategy

The Freeland Doctrine, as some are calling it, could and probably should form the basis of a Canadian foreign policy review which arguably should be done alongside a defence review update, writes former Paul Martin-era defence minister David Pratt.

Deputy Prime Minister Chrystia Freeland's speech on Oct. 11 at the Brookings Institution clearly implies a very creative use of both hard and soft power, and it was a tour de force by any objective measure, writes David Pratt. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

Opinion

BY DAVID PRATT

October 31, 2022

David Crane’s recent article, headlined “Canada needs to address the biggest issues facing humanity, and not help the U.S. start a Cold War,” (The Hill Times, Oct. 17) is naïve and dangerous. Crane describes the recently released U.S. National Security Strategy as a “march to foll...

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