As long as nobody is talking about building a train linking Alaska to Russia, then all is good.
BartSimpson BartSimpson:
Canada should quit the UN in protest.
Amen!
China, Russia do Canadian tax-payers a favor does not sound as good of a head-line.
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Fen Hampson, a diplomacy expert at the Normal Paterson School of International Affairs at Carleton University, said Canada's politicking for UN votes will essentially boil down to what it can concretely offer specific regions and countries. And in Africa, that usually leads to a conversation about foreign aid, he added.
"This is a buying-votes game," said Hampson.