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Canada Among Nations 2004 Setting Priorities Straight (Canada Among Nations)
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Canada Among Nations 2004 Setting Priorities Straight (Canada Among Nations) Hardcover - 2005

by David Carment


From the publisher

Much of the recent public debate about Canada's foreign policy has focused on issues of resources and management of Canada-U.S. relations. Groups such as Canadian Defence and Foreign Affairs Institute and the Public Policy Forum have issued reports calling for an increase in defence spending, a comprehensive review of foreign policy, and a concentration on Canada-U.S. relations. Prime Minister Paul Martin has moved swiftly to restructure the foreign policy machinery of government. Canada-U.S. Relations and the appointment of a parliamentary secretary to the prime minister for Canada-U.S. relations. Mr Martin gave foreign policy a prominent place in his acceptance speech to the Liberal leadership convention. Like other countries, he said, we must come to grips with the fact that the United States has emerged as the world's lone superpower. We need a proud partnership based on mutual respect with our closest friend and nearest neighbour. Two nations with many shared values but each acting independently. In one of his first acts as prime minister, Mr Martin initiated a joint, systematic defence and foreign policy review.

Details

  • Title Canada Among Nations 2004 Setting Priorities Straight (Canada Among Nations)
  • Author David Carment
  • Binding Hardcover
  • Edition Revised
  • Publisher McGill-Queen's University Press
  • Date March 7, 2005
  • ISBN 9780773528369

About the author

Fen Osler Hampson is Chancellor's Professor at Carleton University and a fellow of the Royal Society of Canada. Norman Hillmer is professor of history and international affairs at Carleton University. He is co-editor, with Adam Chapnick, of Canadas of the Mind: The Making and Unmaking of Canadian Nationalisms in the Twentieth Century.