Few people are as uniquely qualified to comment on the current state of affairs between Russia and Ukraine as Christopher Westdal, who has been Canada’s ambassador to both nations. He has long advocated for a better, more comprehensive policy when it comes to the Kremlin but says that, with a government known for its loudness and not its effectiveness, he is little inspired.
“Our aid has been paltry and conditional. Our rhetoric has been sky high and yet when the bill came, or comes, we are, as the expression goes, ‘at the washroom’,” says Westdal, who in 1996 was Canada’s ambassador …read more
Source: iPolitics