In a West paralyzed by doubt, and in a Canada complacent about its role, Two Freedoms: Canada‘s Global Future is an appeal for both wisdom and the courage to meet the challenge. It should be heeded by us all.
A bold call from Hugh Segal, Senior Fellow of the Munk School of Global Affairs and the Canadian Defence and Foreign Affairs Institute in Calgary, for a Canadian foreign policy that advances the basic freedoms that enable peace, stability, development, and security.
What ends should a democratic country’s foreign policy serve? Avoiding diplomatic disputes? Keeping allies happy? Promoting national and global security? While a qualified yes is the logical answer to all of these secondary questions, Hugh Segal argues for something more, something that reflects Canada’s commitment, at home and abroad, to the two key freedoms: freedom from want and freedom from fear.
