Letters To The Editor

O’Toole foreign policy shift must put action into words

A Conservative Party of Canada source revealed to the media the party’s intention to shift its foreign policy agenda towards a “morality-based foreign posture.” The plan, if sincere, carries many connotations that would appeal to religious groups and human rights organizations hoping that the government-in-waiting could be shepherded into major decisions on key issues from abortion to euthanasia. It might introduce the kind of leadership Canadians desperately unhappy with the Trudeau regime might welcome.

Leader Erin O’Toole condemned the wasted opportunities for Canadian workers and the agricultural industry because of the ongoing trade war with China. He attacked the lack of shame of the Trudeau Liberal government in seeking to attract more business with the same communist regime holding two of our citizens and crushing Hong Kong pro-democracy protests. The Trudeau government is actively soliciting China’s firms to bid for the contract to renovate Canada’s Beijing embassy.

Whatever the Conservative Party intends for this “reset,” they must put actions to words. They must show how they will court new trade relations with other democracies. They must devise a plan to disentangle us from relations with dangerous and untrustworthy states. They must present a plan that protects Canadians from hostile powers and ensures our cooperation with our allies. Only then will Canada regain its global footing.

Christopher-Michael Mansour

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