In the current election campaign, the Conservative spin machine is marketing a story of international statesmanship and principled policy, of economic action plans and historic trade agreements, of a rediscovered warrior spirit and newfound hard-nosed diplomacy. Before electoral spin renders campaign hype into enduring “fact,” it is worth examining the broad lines of the Harper government’s international…
Paul Heinbecker
Paul Heinbecker is Director of the Foreign Policy and Communications Program at the Centre for International Governance Innovation and Director of the Centre for Global Relations, Governance and Policy at Wilfrid Laurier University. He served as ambassador to the United Nations from 2000 to 2003. The views expressed here do not necessarily reflect those of the institutions mentioned.