Desperate measures don’t have to be stupid measures
John Ivison: Ignatieff unveils ‘bumper sticker’ foreign policy
June 15, 2010 – 6:46 pm
Michael Ignatieff unwrapped the Liberal party’s foreign policy platform Tuesday — a mix of practical, new ideas aimed at improving Canada’s standing in the world. Unfortunately for Liberals, the practical ideas are not new and the new ideas are not practical.
Canada in the World: A Global Networks Strategy sounds fresh — at least for anyone who hasn’t read the Canadian International Council’s recently released Open Canada: A Global Positioning Strategy for a Networked Age.
But the idea of promoting Canada’s interests overseas using transportation executives who provide rolling stock to China, doctors working for Médecins Sans Frontieres and acrobats from Cirque du Soleil, as the Liberal plan envisages, smacks of gimmickry.
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But the idea of promoting Canada’s interests overseas using transportation executives who provide rolling stock to China, doctors working for Médecins Sans Frontieres and acrobats from Cirque du Soleil, as the Liberal plan envisages, smacks of gimmickry.
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