Getting Back in the Game (eBook)

Has Canada lost its place in the world? Are we destined for a future as a middle power, denied a seat at the "grown-ups' table"? Paul Heinbecker argues that Canada still has a role to play in the rehabilitation of global governance. He presents his compelling vision for the future of Canadian foreign policy.

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Paul Heinbecker has a compelling vision for the future of Canadian foreign policy and argues that Canada still has a role to play in the rehabilitation of global governance. Has Canada lost its place in the world? Are we destined for a future as a middle power, denied a seat at the "e;grown-ups table"e;? Some would argue yes, that decades of neglect and inattention have rendered Canadian foreign policy ineffective at best and non-existent at worst. Paul Heinbecker disagrees. The golden days of Lester B. Pearson may be long gone, he contends (and perhaps they weren't quite as "e;golden"e; as we'd all like to remember), but Canada still has a part to play. In Getting Back in the Game, Heinbecker presents his compelling vision for the future of Canadian foreign policy, a future in which Canada can work both with the United Nations and apart from it; in which our government can take a stand and effect change on issues of the day from climate change to the Middle East; in which this country has a key role to play in the rehabilitation of global governance.