Canada did not win a seat on the UN’s Security Council because a leader of the opposition was sceptical about it. It had nothing to do with our lackluster foreign policy…

Some observers believe the Harper government’s foreign policy is largely responsible for the outcome, including its pro-Israel stance on the Middle East, cutting foreign aid to Africa, and also the move away from UN peacekeeping and toward the Afghan mission.

However, [Foreign Minister Lawrence] Cannon dismissed the idea.

“I do not in any way see this as a repudiation of Canada’s foreign policy,” he said.

Read more: http://www.cbc.ca/world/story/2010/10/12/un-vote012.html

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