In 2003, the singer-songwriter and U2 star, Bono, excited Canadians, although also imposing a burden on them, by declaring: “The world needs more Canada.”
Afterwards we did precious little to deserve such praise. The succeeding prime minister, Stephen Harper, limited his interest in foreign affairs to specifically chosen countries, such as Ukraine and Israel. He also shrank the size of our embassies abroad.
With astounding speed, everything has changed. President Barack Obama, while in Ottawa for a meeting of “The Three Amigos”, or the leaders of the U.S., and Mexico and Canada, showed he understood this by using the same phrase: “The …read more
Source: National Newswatch
