Canada Needs Strategy Reboot at a Time of Geopolitical Turmoil: Former Ambassadors

Five former Canadian ambassadors to the United States have signed an open letter calling on Ottawa to adopt a plan to deepen co-operation with its closest neighbour, saying Canada needs a strategy reboot at a time of geopolitical turmoil. The plan to develop closer international ties in key sectors was laid out in a report from the Public Policy Forum, a non-profit group that brings together experts to advise on significant policy issues. The ambassadors said the relationship between Canada and the U.S. benefits from mutual commercial and security interests and “is one of the world’s great win-wins.” “Our intimate ties atop North America and into the wider world also require constant tending,” the letter said. “This is particularly true now, amid rapid and complex geopolitical change.”...