Security Council

Scott Gilmore: The UN Security Council seat loss is more proof that when a real geopolitical crisis finally comes, we have no foreign policy muscle to save us

Paul Wells: Believing a win at the UN would fall from the heavens on Trudeau because he wasn’t Harper was an expression of the narcissism and shallowness that have characterized this government during much of its time in office

John Baird is in New York today to vote against a resolution that would recognize Palestine as a non-voting observer state at the United Nations. The Prime Minister referred to the resolution as a “shortcut” yesterday and has reportedly pressured Mahmoud Abbas to drop the bid. Campbell Clark now considers what Canada might do in response to the resolution passing.

The Prime Minister comments on a Palestinian bid for recognition at the United Nations.

Last evening, after four hours of debate, the House unanimously approved the following motion.

Diplomatic trips listed in documents introduced in the House of Commons

FESCHUK: Only a nation with a special rapport with China could rent its pandas for a huge sum

Michael Ignatieff lays out his foreign policy vision to an audience in Montreal.

Imagine how dreadful it would be to live anywhere else

Who needs the Security Council? There’s a much bigger job for Canada out there.

Was it righteousness or incompetence that cost Canada a seat on the Security Council?

While the U.S. State Department was careful yesterday not to say who the United States voted for at the United Nations, the Foreign Affairs Minister is less diplomatic.