OTTAWA — The COVID-19 pandemic ended the secret handshakes and deal-making in the world’s power corridors, but Canada’s campaign for a temporary seat on the United Nations Security Council is full steam ahead.
Both countries are viewed widely as having an advantage because they spend far more than Canada on international development to poor countries and have far more military personnel deployed on UN peacekeeping missions — two key issues for UN member countries. After taking part in a teleconference with fellow G7 foreign ministers this past week, Champagne said Canada’s membership in that exclusive club of leading nations would help it in the ongoing UN campaign.
Canada’s shortfalls in peacekeeping and foreign aid remain a crippling factor in the UN bid, but the COVID-19 crisis gives it an opportunity to make up for it that, said Stephen Lewis, Canada’s UN ambassador in the 1980s. So far, Canada’s $50-million pledge looks modest, and individual African countries will want more, she said.
Astonishingly inappropriate, but welcome to Trudeau and his misaligned priorities.
Pas besoin de ça 1 sec,Arabie saoudite qui s occupe des droits de l homme non non!
A special ' slush fund' no doubt is being used..
UN be like:
LyndaE222 At all cost! Decisions made by Trudeau are done in light of winning the seat. Carbon tax, shut down Canadian oil and natural resource investment, primacy of aboriginal rights and illegal protesting, illegal entry at Roxham Rd. All being watched by UN and their seat committee.
It looks pretty simple. Canada just needs to buy 54 votes in the country of Africa to gain a seat. We just sent them $40M but that’s not enough. It appears the big blind is up to $140M to stay in the game. Corruption in the UN.
There never had been nor will there ever be a decent argument to support this wasteful attempt at what is simply a Justin Ego Trip. We do not hold the moral high ground in any way shape or form to suggest we can control the thought processes of the rest of the world.
are you kidding me? is this part of liberals’ handling the covid-19 crisis? can we stop wasting taxpayers money?
Aligning with terrorists and human rights abusers. Way to go, Canada! 🇨🇦
Why?
Yup, Trudeau shows his true priorities UN vs Canadians and UN wins
Trudeau is going to cost this country a fortune!
National post. Are you still involved in journalism these days? To clarify, Trudeau wants to be at the United Nations, Canada wants to distance itself from the UN. Quit conflating Trudeau with Canada.
Canada? 🤨
Money terribly spent. The UN has become a very insignificant governing body. It’s weak and useless and has been for 30 plus years
No. JustinTrudeau keeps up the high priced seat bid with tax dollar money. It has zero to do with “Canada”. The UN has proven to be a liability. AndrewScheer PierrePoilievre
Stop wasting our money Trudeau!
This Prime Minister can’t get his Ego out of the way, during this crisis, he just keeps giving money away but he’s the wrong guy
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have not heard anything in a while, thought Trudope had given up, BUT nope, waste our money on the BS UN
pearlk60
Let's leave the UN instead
Unbelievable! What a complete disaster the liberanos are!!
Trudeau/Morneau were on track to ruin Canada financials before the pandemic. And now despite more than 112 Billions in added deficit they still could find 100’s of millions to waste on a UN seat that provides no value added to Canadians. TrudeauNotFitForOffice
Of course Trudeau is continuing. It’s not Canada but Trudeau that has the fixation on this useless position.
Very stupid especially now.
JustinTrudeau stop the insanity at a time like this
Absurd. No-one outside of federal politicians has any interest in a Security Council seat at the UN. Not if it costs Canada more than a hundred bucks. Just a petty 'wanna be a bigshot' initiative. Grow up and focus on Canadians' needs. Not your own.
We hope that Trudeau isn’t getting support from China for that useless UN seat in exchange for keeping air traffic from China open and letting them instal Huawei 5G.
Guess Trudeau will pay for this with the upcoming carbon tax increase?
JustinTrudeau please stop wasting our money. No one cares about your vanity project! Focus on something that matters. If you had put this much energy into being proactive in your response to pandemic that would have been better use of time and taxpayer 💰
Justing buying his way into a council seat why Canadians starve.
JustinTrudeau please resign.
Trudeau will sell out Canada
Why ? Do we have no better ways to spend our taxpayers dollars?
One only needs to remember the futility and the waste of time and hardworking legal Canadian tax dollars - any one of China Russia or USA can veto - explaining why Truscumbag holds his Chinese Dictator buddies in such high esteem
raytoutofer Disgusting and negligence!
WHY ?
One wonders when Liberal supporters are going to say enough is enough with this government.
We have better things to work on then a seat at the security council. Where is Trudeau’s priority’s ?
This is pure lunacy.
They have managed to keep this quiet longer than they should have been able to. Still it dose not look good on them.
Canadian Poli-Sci 201 refresher. Canada is a major middle power, it amplifies its influence through international cooperation and multilateralism, especially through organizations like the UN, the Commonwealth, NATO, as well as a plethora of others. The UN is the big show.
....Canada is keeping up it's costly Campaign, for a UN Security Council Seat ? Throwing Israel under the bus, was not enough?
That $50million earmarked for the UN as part of this aid package was nothing short of trying to buy Senegal and Rwanda for the UN security council bid (remember his call to them just last week?) Corruption is Trudeaus trademark and a well learned lesson courtesy of SNC Lavalin.
Sooooo..... Crawl back in your hole Conrad
OMG is this an alternate universe Of course we need a presence and a voice on the world stage. Now more than ever. You really think this is the last crisis or pandemic CrazyCons
LOL, why bother? trudeau HAS SOLD OUT Canada to the rockerfeller United Nations ALREADY!
Trudeau keeps up costly campaign for UN Security Council seat amid COVID-19 crisis, NOT Canada. We do not want this.
Notice that this a large gathering and no one is maintaining the proper social distancing standards.
Value is more expensive than price
Forget the UN security seat. Get your priorities straight JustinTrudeau CANADA needs your full attention and complete dedication to the homeland crisis.
Canada is racist country go out of the U.N
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