Darker era of geopolitics calls for increased Canadian aid

For decades, analysts and former diplomats have lamented Canada’s lack of direction and spending in the four major pillars of foreign policy: trade, diplomacy, aid, and defence.

One of the three foreign policy priorities for western liberal democracies listed in Deputy Prime Minister Chrystia Freeland’s recent speech was to support emerging democracies.The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

Opinion

BY NICOLAS MOYER

November 14, 2022

In recent weeks, the Canadian government has amped up the rhetoric on global affairs. Official positions have hardened around defending democratic values and standing up to authoritarian regimes such as Russia, China, and Iran. The Oct. 11 Washington

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