Canada Un Security Council

• Canada needs a foreign policy review

  What is urgently required is a frank assessment of where Canada is today and where it wishes to be tomorrow, Matthew Fisher says.

  Commentary

  Jun 30, 2020
  
• Trudeau’s UN vote loss is rebuke of his ‘preachy’ foreign policy

  Canada's losing bid for a UN Security Council seat shows we are not as internationally loved as our prime minister thinks, Matthew Fisher says.

  Commentary

  Jun 18, 2020
  
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• How COVID-19 changed Canada’s battle for a UN Security Council seat

  For Canada's UN ambassador physically distant events such as picnics, walks, the odd bicycle ride through Manhattan parks and visits to streets outside the official residences of fellow ambassadors have become features of his last few weeks of campaigning.

  Canada

  Jun 16, 2020
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• Canada badly wants a seat on the UN Security Council. Are other countries listening?

  It's a mystery why the PMO has pressured Global Affairs Canada to get all hands of deck to support Canada's bid for a UN Security Council seat, Matthew Fisher says.

  Commentary

  Jun 10, 2020
• Why Canada’s bid to join the UN Security Council will likely fail

  With the vote in New York looming, there is every indication that Canada is unlikely to succeed, says Jean-François Thibault of the University of Moncton.

  Commentary

  Jun 5, 2020
• ANALYSIS: Trudeau’s personal brand tied to success — or failure — of UN Security Council race

  Canada's prime minister is engaging in a blizzard of international virtual campaigning to secure the country a two-year term on the UN Security Council.

  Politics

  May 26, 2020
• Campaigning for a UN Security Council seat shouldn’t be a government priority right now

  Justin Trudeau needs to convince Canadians that his government's bid for a non-permanent seat on the UN Security Council is worthwhile, Rob Breakenridge says

  Commentary

  May 23, 2020
• What Justin Trudeau could write to his new friends in Africa

  Matthew Fisher has penned the draft of a letter Justin Trudeau could send to African leaders following his recent visit.

  Commentary

  Feb 14, 2020
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• Feds look to award $120K sole-source contract to company chaired by former Liberal MP

  The Trudeau government is seeking to award a $120,000 sole-sourced contract for "security council training" to a company chaired by former Liberal MP Allan Rock.

  Canada

  Jan 21, 2020
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• Ex-Quebec premier Jean Charest to help Canada chase after UN Security Council seat

  Jean Charest is close to Canada's ambassador to the UN, and he'll help pursue a seat on the security council.

  Canada

  Jul 12, 2019