Responding to McPherson’s response to Carney’s speech. Canada was never in a position to enforce the rules-based international order, and suggesting it failed because we (Canada) didn’t enforce it would be mistaken. As others have commented, the main point of Carney’s speech was to state that in many ways the rules-based international order was always…
The Conservative criticism of Mark Carney’s recently-signed agreement with China shows exactly why the Conservatives do not understand how to promote national interests in an increasingly uncertain world. “Prime Minister Carney must explain how he has gone from saying China was Canada’s ‘biggest security threat’ before the election to announcing a ‘strategic partnership’ with Beijing…
Responding to this thread. I think a good point is made here. It’s one thing to come out with a manifesto that defines what a ‘real’ New Democrat is, and quite another to work for the things that will help the people you hope will vote for you. Environment is a good case in point….
I’m not going to pretend that Venezuela was any kind of socialist paradise. I had the opportunity to visit a number of years ago and saw first-hand the crime, poverty and inequality that argues that it wasn’t. All this despite its wealth. As always when I visit other lands, though, I found the people incredibly…