The Indo-Pacific strategy illustrates Canadian weakness

The strategy presented a disturbingly skewed version of reality that demonstrates how far Canada is willing to go as a loyal extension of U.S. power and propaganda.

U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken, left, and Foreign Affairs Minister Mélanie Joly hold a joint press conference in Ottawa on Oct. 27, 2022. The Indo-Pacific strategy is a wasted opportunity and a testament to Canadian weakness and subservience to an American agenda, writes Shaun Narine. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

Opinion

BY SHAUN NARINE

December 28, 2022

On Nov. 27, Foreign Affairs Minister Mélanie Joly released Canada’s long-awaited Indo-Pacific strategy. Anyone hoping Canada’s policymakers might find the courage to differentiate Canada’s foreign policy towards China from that of the United States

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