Former prime minister Stephen Harper wanted to pull Canada out of one of Europe’s leading security organization four years ago but U.S. President Barack Obama convinced him to stay.
Three European ambassadors are describing what happened in 2012 when Harper suggested Canada would withdraw from the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe, a 57-country alliance that includes NATO and European Union countries.
The diplomats say Harper believed the OSCE was no longer relevant because Europe was mainly peaceful then.
But the outbreak of hostilities between Russia and Ukraine would later change all that.
With Obama’s help, the diplomats say Canada was persuaded …read more
Source: National Newswatch
