Book description
Has Canada lost its place in the world? Are we destined for a future
as a middle power, denied a seat at the "grown-ups table"?
Some would argue yes, that decades of neglect and inattention have
rendered Canadian foreign policy ineffective at best and non-existent
at worst.
Paul Heinbecker disagrees. The golden days of Lester B. Pearson may
be long gone, he argues (and perhaps they weren't quite as
"golden" as we'd all like to remember), but Canada still has
a part to play.
In Getting Back in the Game, Heinbecker presents his
compelling vision for the future of Canadian foreign policy, a future
in which Canada can work both with the United States and apart from
it; in which our government can take a stand and effect change on
issues of the day from climate change to the Middle East; in which
this country has a key role to play in the rehabilitation of global
governance.
Paul Heinbecker, a career diplomat, has served both at home and
abroad. In 2000 Heinbecker was appointed ambassador of Canada to the
United Nations. He is the inaugural director of the Centre for Global
Relations at Wilfrid Laurier University and is a Distinguished Fellow at
the Centre for International Governance Innovation in Waterloo, Ontario.
He lives in Ottawa.
