Canada, way back

David Emerson looks back fondly.

David Emerson looks back fondly.

“Certainly when I travelled abroad… people would say, ‘Where’s Canada been? Why aren’t you out more?” said Mr. Emerson, who was trade and Foreign Affairs minister under Mr. Harper.

“There was a real kind of noticeable impression out there in the world community that Canada is not as visible as we used to be, and should be,” he told Canwest News Service in an interview.

Paul considers the hilarious irony.