A path to peace in a time of polycrisis

The age of common security, or at least the recognition that no one nation can achieve security at the expense of neighbours, has arrived.

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, Defence Minister Anita Anand, right, Foreign Minister Mélanie Joly, left, and Finance Minister Chrystia Freeland leave a media availability in West Block on Jan. 26, 2022. Changing our attitude to reject militarism would enable Canada to adopt a more holistic approach in pursuing a just peace, writes Douglas Roche.The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

Opinion

BY DOUGLAS ROCHE

December 15, 2022

EDMONTON—Every year at Christmas, we try to recapture the idea of peace. In 2022, with the Ukraine war blazing and even the idea of a “Christmas truce” rejected, the goal of peace in the world seems as though it’s just a romantic ideal. But I would like to offer a di...

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