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Question 3: The 1995 Policy Review and Since

Canada is a member of many international organizations, including the G8, NATO, the Commonwealth, La Francophonie, the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation forum (APEC), the Organization of American States (OAS) and the Arctic Council. Should our participation in any of these be strengthened, or adjusted?

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view	NATO belongs to an era that no longer exists. Canada must realize that the cold war is over, and that there is no threat looming against it from any source. The first step would be to get out of NATO. Canada must then promote peace for all through justice for all and the use of multilateral inter	1853	2003-05-01 00:25:07
view	Canada must continue to participate in these multilateral fora, but must do so with commitment to the various actions, and not merely offer 'high-sounding, moralistic talk'. Whether participation involves appropriate aid, debt relief or military intervention, Canada must be prepared to '	1846	2003-04-30 21:46:39
view	Canada's participation in all of these is important. The emergence of popular democracies in the other Americas may be short-lived without public support from Canada in the OAS. Participation in the Commonwealth is especially important with respect to affairs in Africa. Canada's effort in	1842	2003-04-30 21:13:43
view	APEC should be adjusted. Mostly because of SARS, it may have been already adjusted. How could we do business with a country run by a dishonest government. Like China, Jiang Zemin would tell us that all is Ok, but he is lying. Why must we continue to do business? I would get this individual to	1830	2003-04-30 18:59:48
view	Canada should withdraw from international organizations that are dominated by large transnational corporations like the G8, APEC and NAFTA. The policies of these is destroying Canadian small and large businesses. Government is losing its responsibility to make laws and regulations based on the wis	1818	2003-04-30 18:33:13
view	Question 3. Canada should be particularly supportive of the UN at this time when the UN is under threat from powerful factions in the US. Canada should work hard for UN reform that would make it more effective. Our membership in NATO should be questioned. Does NATO still have a purpose, or is it j	HamiltonPGS	2003-04-30 17:49:50
view	Canda should remove itself from military alliances like NATO and NORAD as they lack the attitudes, structures and practice of non-violent defence; they are grossly costly; they defy or plan to defy international legal judgement regarding the use or threat of nuclear weapons and the weaponization of	1796	2003-04-30 17:49:37
view	Canada should only participate in organizations which can achieve something, and in which it can have signifigant influence.	1798	2003-04-30 17:49:25
view	I feel we should move away from a NAFTA-type free trade orientation and instead encourage local socially just economies. We should reject the notion of the FTAA and instead move toward encouraging economic relations which are less oriented toward corporate profits and more towards human and environm	sunrise	2003-04-30 17:49:14
view	Canada should be cognizant that many international organizations such as the G8, NATO, ... operate on a basis of including some counteries and excluding others resulting in a further concentration of economic power in relatively few states. As such, our committement to the U.N. should be paramount t	1790	2003-04-30 17:49:01
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