Our foreign policy has turned into performative political theatre, and we’re worse off for it

Part of the problem is we have allowed our politicians to get way with abbreviating serious policy debates into simple wisecracks.

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau at the Centre for Israel and Jewish Affairs' conference on Antisemitism on Oct. 17. Responding to the Israel-Hamas conflict, party leaders recite pre-scripted lines that follow a pattern of 'we stand with Israel' to 'we call on all parties to show restraint,' writes Bhagwant Sandhu. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

Opinion

BY BHAGWANT SANDHU

October 19, 2023

OTTAWA—The events in Israel, an aging Nazi, and India's interfering prime minister Narendra Modi have exposed the slow corrosion of politics in Canada. Policy rigour is being swapped for clichés and soundbites.

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