Is it too little too late to see the Indo-Pacific light?

Although late in the game, the Trudeau government’s loss of innocence towards China and recognition of Japan, South Korea, and India as important partners are welcome.

Foreign Affairs Mélanie Joly, right, and United States Secretary of State Antony Blinken hold a joint press conference in Ottawa on Oct. 27. What Canada’s new Indo-Pacific strategy fails to understand in strategic terms is that our partnership with the U.S. ought to be the gateway to the Indo-Pacific, writes Ross O’Connor. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

Opinion

BY ROSS O’CONNOR

December 5, 2022

The Trudeau government has, at long last, released its strategy document for Canada’s engagement with the Indo-Pacific. For the younger people out there, please understand that Canada has been dithering on how to engage Asia since the 1970s, and so I wholeheartedly welcome...

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