Canada needs to look beyond the U.S. and Europe for its future

A bolder Canada would act in its own interests, building coalitions of middle powers in Africa, Latin America, and South and Southeast Asia that can navigate a multipolar world on their terms.
Maninder Sidhu
International Trade Minister Maninder Sidhu. To secure our future, we need to act by engaging with those nations ready to do business with us, writes Kumaran Nadesan.

For too long, Canada’s foreign policy, trade strategy, and even our sense of self has revolved around two poles: the United States and Europe. We talk about “diversification” in polite policy papers, but rarely act on it with the urgency that the changing world order n...

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