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Question 2: The 1995 Policy Review and SinceAmid recent global changes, should Canada continue to endorse a balanced ‘three pillar’ approach to its foreign policy objectives, or should the current balance be adjusted? |
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| Contributor: | 1844 |
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2003-04-30 21:31:13 |
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The three pillars as discussed in this 'dialogue' are NOT in the same order as in the 1995 Canada in the World. In that paper, the first Pillar was stated to be Prosperity and Employment and deemed to be the 'core' of the policy. Security in a stable global environment and promotion of values and culture were second and third.In this dialogue you recognize security as the fuirst pillar - and appropriately so. Without security, nothing else matters. Providing adequately for our national security - in a comprehensive sense - involves he coordinated marshalling o diplomatic, military and economic resources and capabilities to prptect our values and intersts in an uncertain global environment.
To be sure, Canada should also pursue our economic well-being as a second pillar - within the context of a free-trading market econmic environment, as stated in the G8 summit conditions
Promtion and protection of our values and culture are clearly an interest and essential pillar. The 2002 Report on the Responsibility to Protect reflectts the need to recognize that to protect our values means also protecting others - including oppressed and threatened people.
Again, assessing world events interms of their impact on these pillar goals/interests and articulating them clearly and simply would be a responsible and democratic way to engage the public, as well as be accountable for the pursuit of the stated objectives. |
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