Printer friendly version of: http://www.foreign-policy-dialogue.ca/index.php/en/answers/index.php?ac=pqi&qid=3622
 |
View Answers
Question 1: The 1995 Policy Review and SinceWhich values and interests bear most fundamentally on Canada's foreign policy? How can Canada's foreign policy better reflect the concerns and priorities of Canadians?
|
| |
|
| Contributor: | 1872 |
| Date: |
2003-05-01 09:13:41 |
| Answer: |
I will tackle the second question: "How can Canada's foreign policy better reflect the concerns and priorities of Canadians?" I think there's a fundamental problem with this question: it embodies the conflict between the priorities of Canadians and those of the rest of the world. I think in this regard we would all do well to consider this excerpt from the Dialogue Paper:
"In all this, Canadians recognize that doing what is right for others is most often in our own long-term self-interest. A cleaner, safer and healthier world will contribute to a cleaner, safer and healthier Canada. An open and prosperous global community will create new opportunities for Canadians. Our future is inextricably linked to the future of others beyond our borders."
I would only add "should" after "In all this, Canadians" at the beginning, because it seems to me that a good number of Canadians do not at all think like this, especially those who only have their wallets in mind. I certainly feel more efforts should be made at high levels to actually implement this statement in our society, to counter the US-style short-term greed and imperialism that are threatening our traditionally more caring and peace-keeping country. |
|
Visit us online at: http://www.foreign-policy-dialogue.ca
|
