Trudeau should not put geopolitics ahead of Canadians

Irrespective of the pulls of domestic politics or the pushes of foreign allies, Justin Trudeau's only priority should be the safe return of all Canadians stranded in Gaza.

If Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is serious about making Canada an interlocutor of peace and diplomacy, he should use this time to gather academics, experts, and diaspora community members to build global goodwill, policy capacity, and programming which can be deployed once the war is over, writes Bhagwant Sandhu.The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

Opinion

BY BHAGWANT SANDHU

November 8, 2023

OTTAWA—Israel’s military siege of Gaza has spotlighted two big weaknesses in Canada’s system of governance. We are incapable of saving Canadians stuck in war zones, and we are unable to make decisions that follow the arc of Dr. Martin Luther King’s

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