Commentary
In recent articles, Sean Speer and Conrad Black argue cogently that Canada needs to get serious about identifying its national interests and building a proper foreign policy for reasons of economic growth and security. Speer says we risk being hard hit by fallout from the hardening rivalry between our first- and third-largest trading partners, the United States and China. I would add that while the COVID-19 pandemic has spawned over 33 million cases around the world and killed more than a million people, its effect on trade relations, and peaceful relations, between the world’s two largest military and economic powers has the potential to hurt not only Canadians but millions of others as well.
