Canada Among Nations, 2006

Minorities and Priorities

Edited by Andrew F. Cooper and Dane Rowlands

Political Science & International Studies: International Affairs/Foreign Policy: Canada, Political Science & International Studies: Public Policy: Canada

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A review of foreign policy under the Conservative minority government and its foundations within different communities in Canada.

The 2006 edition of this series examines how two different forms of minority - political and cultural - are shaping Canadian foreign policy. The book begins with an examination of the ways in which the Harper government will combine its ideas and priorities with its minority status in Parliament to forge its own foreign and security policy profile. Contributors then analyse the role played by distinctive political and cultural minority groups in shaping Canada's foreign relations and show how these groups are shaped and influenced by Canadian policies at home and abroad.

Contributors include Marie Bernard-Meunier (Atlantik Brücke), David Black (Dalhousie), Adam Chapnick (Toronto), Ann Denholm Crosby (York), Roy Culpeper (The North-South Institute), Christina Gabriel (Carleton), John Kirton (Toronto), Wenran Jiang (Alberta), David Malone (Foreign Affairs Canada), Nelson Michaud (École nationale d'administration publique), Isidro Morales (School for International Service), Christopher Sands (Center for Strategic and International Studies), Daniel Schwanen (The Centre for International Governance Innovation), Yasmine Shamsie (Wilfrid Laurier), Elinor Sloan (Carleton), Andrew F. Cooper (The Centre for International Governance Innovation), and Dane Rowlands (The Norman Paterson School of International Affairs)

Details

Part of the Canada Among Nations Series (number 22 in series)

384 Pages, 6 x 9

ISBN 9780773531642

November 2006

Formats: Paperback, Cloth, eBook

Andrew F. Cooper is professor, political science, University of Waterloo, and associate director, The Centre for International Governance Innovation.

Dane Rowlands is associate professor and associate director, The Norman Paterson School of International Affairs, Carleton University.

Foreword viii
Fen Osler Hampson
Acknowledgments xi
Abbreviations xiii

1 Positioning Policy Priorities in a Minority Context: Prospects for the Harper Government 3
Andrew F. Cooper and Dane Rowlands

PART ONE
AN AUTHENTIC CONSERVATIVE APPROACH?
2 Compassion, Realism, Engagement and Focus: A Conservative Foreign Policy Thematic 27
Hugh Segal
3 Harper’s “Made in Canada” Global Leadership 34
John Kirton
4 Caught In-between Traditions: A Minority Conservative Government and Canadian Foreign Policy 58
Adam Chapnick

PART TWO
PRIORITIZING PARTNERS
5 UN Reform: A Sisyphean Task 79
David M. Malone
6 Did You Say Europe? How Canada Ignores Europe and Why That Is Wrong 109
Marie Bernard-Meunier
7 The Rising Importance of Third-Country Issues in Canada’s Relations with the United States 125
Christopher Sands
8 Canada’s International Security Policy under a Conservative Government 145
Elinor Sloan
9 The New Conservative Government and Missile Defence: Is Canadian Participation Back on the Agenda, or Was It Ever Off? 164
Ann Denholm Crosby

PART THREE
MINOR PRIORITIES AND PRIOR MINORITIES?
10 Charting Canadian Immigration Policy in the New Millennium 187
Christina Gabriel
11 It’s Not Just Afghanistan or Darfur: Canada’s Peacebuilding Efforts in Haiti 209
Yasmine Shamsie
12 Canada and Quebec on the World Stage: Defining New Rules? 232
Nelson Michaud

PART FOUR
COMPETING POLICY PRIORITIES
13 Meeting the China Challenge: Developing a China Strategy 251
Wenran Jiang
14 The New Strategic Positioning of Canada within North America: The Energy Factor 269
Isidro Morales
15 Canada and the Kyoto Protocol: When Reality Sets In 292
Daniel Schwanen
16 Canadian Aid to Africa: Assessing “Reform” 319
David R. Black
17 Canada, Hippocrates, and the Developing World: Toward a Coherent Foreign Policy for Canada 339
Roy Culpeper