Foreign Affairs committee  I would certainly like to see Global Affairs Canada more removed from the politics of the day. If these provisions would allow for that, it's a good idea. Ultimately what we need are more resources and more effective deployment of resources.

Foreign Affairs committee  I definitely strongly support that, in the sense that we have to make the most of what resources we have. I've written a bit about this. I think that we should be more focused on the north in a serious way and not in a rhetorical way. Other areas will have to be set aside. We can

Foreign Affairs committee  No.

Foreign Affairs committee  I was in Washington three weeks ago, and we talked about this. Frankly, particularly under our current Prime Minister, I think there's a feeling that Canada is not deserving of being part of these important multilateral, or what we call “minilateral”, institutions. We just don'

Foreign Affairs committee  I think certainly we shouldn't work at odds to the United States. There's no question that they are our main partner and we need to continue to rely on the U.S. I don't agree that we should be entirely oriented toward trade. I think we have to pay much more attention to the secu

Foreign Affairs committee  Thank you, Mr. Chair. China's relations with the west, particularly China's strategies of hybrid warfare and the Chinese Communist Party's influence operations in western nations, are my area of expertise. I was educated in China, subsequently worked with the Communications Se