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John Robson: Liberals’ Indo-Pacific Strategy Poised to Be a Toothless Pastiche of Trendy Virtue Signals

John Robson: Liberals’ Indo-Pacific Strategy Poised to Be a Toothless Pastiche of Trendy Virtue Signals
Foreign Affairs Minister Mélanie Joly addresses the 77th session of the United Nations General Assembly at UN headquarters in New York on Sept. 26, 2022. AP Photo/Julia Nikhinson
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It seems the Canadian government is finally going to turn on a dime and produce its strategy for dealing with China’s basic dictatorship. Apparently the key elements are cooperation on climate change and jobs for the boys and girls when they leave office, although the latter may not even get into the fine print. Nor, probably, will such concepts as vigilant armed defence of liberty in the spirit of Vimy, Waterloo, and Egbert’s Stone.

John Robson
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John Robson is a documentary filmmaker, National Post columnist, senior fellow at the Aristotle Foundation, contributing editor to the Dorchester Review, and executive director of the Climate Discussion Nexus. His most recent documentary is “The Environment: A True Story.”
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