Foreign policy issues were not prominent during the election but there are now significant challenges ahead — especially on trade, national security, climate change and relations with the U.S. and China — that present opportunities that would enhance the national interest. As a general principle, instead of proclaiming smugly that the “world needs more Canada,” the government should assert clearly how and why Canada needs more from the world.
On national security, we should explore the prospects of joining the U.S. ballistic missile defence system for North America. In today’s world that would provide the essence of security and is an advantage on defence that many other countries would envy. It would also serve to rejuvenate the otherwise rather dormant NORAD. Canada should bolster its military in order to strengthen its commitment to NATO and give us needed credibility to help reposition NATO’s purpose.
On climate change, we should not allow our position to become a prisoner of inflexible, hyperbolic rhetoric. Canada is 1.6 per cent of the global emissions problem. We are and will continue to be a resource-based economy. Unless there are serious commitments by such major emitters as the U.S, China and India, there will be no realistic solution on a global scale. That is why it would be economic suicide for Canada to act unilaterally. A better tactic would be to encourage U.S.
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