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Jesse Kline: Anita Anand's delusions

The foreign minister says Canada is leading, but who exactly is following?

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Foreign Affairs Minister Anita Anand delivered a clear message at the Chatham House Global Trade Conference in London last week: “This is (Canada’s) moment to lead.” The only question is: who exactly is following?

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Anand’s speech was billed as a means to “underscore Canada’s trade diversification efforts to strengthen economic security and resilience.” But it more closely resembled a marketing campaign to hype the speech Prime Minister Mark Carney gave at the World Economic Forum in January.

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“Everywhere I go as foreign minister — every country, every room, every foreign minister I speak with — the conversation begins with Prime Minister Carney’s speech at Davos. And some people call it … the ‘Carney doctrine,’ ” she said, claiming that the “substance of the doctrine” is “principled pragmatism.”

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Even Anand recognizes that such highfalutin terms are too vague and academic to be meaningful to the unwashed masses who keep the Liberals in office. “These are not the terms that Canadians regularly speak in when they meet for coffee at Tim Hortons,” she said.

Attempting to “make our foreign policy understandable,” Anand rattled off a........

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