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COSTS KEEP DIPLOMATS AT HOME
SEP 11, 2006 - 1:18PM PDT
Posted by Patrick James
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Via http://www.embassymag.ca/html/index.php?display=story&full_path=/2006/august/23/foreignservices/

Today's turbulent world is one in which Canada's traditional role as a middle power or broker of interests is needed more than ever. 50 years ago Canada led the world in diplomacy, with the exclamation point coming with (eventual) Prime Minister Lester Pearson's key role in the Suez Crisis. Pearson served as an honest broker and set the standard for generations of Canadian diplomats to follow. Significant reductions in Canada's presence in this area constitute a setback to the country's traditional role within NATO and the world in general. We can hope, perhaps, that the great tradition of Canadian diplomacy... FULL TEXT
 
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