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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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2003-05-01 12:28:50 |
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It is obvious that the world is characterized by enormous inequality among states, and that people can have extremely different rights and opportunities depending on where they are lucky or unlucky enough to be born. Most Canadians are among the luckiest in this world, and should not simply enjoy the fact that luck in a horribly unjust lottery has brought them enormous opportunities while leaving others with little. Canadians should attempt to make the world a more just place.
Therefore, Canada's foreign policy should have, as its central goal, the global realization of all human rights, such as those articulated in international human rights treaties such as the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights, and the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights. Furthermore, Canada should be committed to global justice so as to advance the cause of equal opportunity for people throughout the world.
--Kevin Shultz, London ON
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