Canada’s salute to militarism is sad

Mélanie Joly is heir to some great Canadians initiatives for peace: Lester Pearson on peacekeeping in the Suez Canal, Jean Chrétien in keeping Canada out of the Iraq war, Lloyd Axworthy in building the Landmines Treaty, Brian Mulroney in ending apartheid in South Africa, Joe Clark in bringing Vietnamese Boat People to Canada.

Foreign Affairs Mélanie Joly speaks with reporters in the West Block on May 9, 2023.The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

Opinion

BY DOUGLAS ROCHE

April 15, 2024

EDMONTON—Let us lament the decline of Canadian foreign policy now subsumed into Canada’s defence policy. The ambitious diplomatic outreach of Lester Pearson, Jean Chrétien, Lloyd Axworthy, Brian Mulroney, and Joe Clark—all of whom took important foreign policy initiat...

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