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Contributor: ninja
Date: 2003-03-25 21:09:27
Multuralism has the virtue of retrenching its proponents around core values, culture and economic interests.
I doubt Canada will be able to sustain global multilateralism like it did during the Pearson era. Globalization is creating regional interests which means that Canada should concentrate its efforts in the broad american continent because it lies at our security, economic and cultural interests.
Free trade in the America is a fact and Canada should promote a more socialy responsible economic integration by sustaining grass-root initiative such as the people summit in Porto Alegre. Moreover, on the security side, much of the challenges will also come from the south. Immigration, drug trade and state faillure are issues that need to be dealt with. We don't have the capability to be everywhere, so we need to focus.
Latin-America is a natural target if Canada wishes to develop a more regional approach to foreign policy simply because we share more, culturaly and economicaly with Latin-America thta with the rest of the world.
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