Mark Carney’s claims about ending the “old relationship” with the US are highly misleading. His deception highlights the absurdity of the prime minister suggesting the world needs more Canada.
In his victory speech Monday Carney reiterated his claim of breaking from the US. “Our old relationship with the United States, a relationship based on steadily increasing integration, is over,” he stated.
Carney knows the public wants him to get tough with the US. Leger recently found only 16 per cent of Canadians said the country has a good relationship with the US (compared to 15% for Russia and 36% for China).
But Carney isn’t really breaking from the US. On Thursday the Ottawa Citizen reported that the Canadian military favored US manufacturers over European firms for an as yet completed $100-million purchase of night-vision equipment. “The move is raising questions about Prime Minister Mark Carney’s promises to decrease reliance on U.S. suppliers and to boost defence alliances with European nations”, the paper explained. (more...)
How about a foreign policy that is truly a force for good?
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