Canadian Foreign Policy

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Canada located in North America and have a close borders with the United States. This close borders shaped the relations between this two states. Canada is the second largest country after Russia. Canadians national motto is “A Mari usque ad Mare” this means that “From Sea to Sea”. They called like that because Canada located between the Pacific Ocean and the Atlantic Ocean. Also, Canada separate into 13 provinces and all of the provinces have their own government but these governments have their unique power. Canadian style of government is created on a parliamentary democracy also known as a Westminister System and a constitutional monarchy. The founders of Canada believed that the best form of government is in Britain and they created …show more content…

In history, they always being in western alliances. This showed that they participate both world wars on the western side and they are one of the founding members of United Nations and also in Cold War they fought on the side of democratic-capitalist. Under this purpose, they were participating Nato. Canada always tends to be staying stabilize and create justice in a modern era. Canadian policy makers always supported the idea that Canada always stays away from the aggressive and divisive actions because this type of actions could endanger the reputation of the country. This reputation means that they are one of the friendly nation in the international arena and have good relations with the other states, they have the stabilize and strong economy and also have principle of democracy, freedom. In that sense Canadian leaders or policy makers always act cautiously. In economicly Canada one of the riches country and have a very globalized economic relations. Canadians have a lots of trade agreements, oversea investments with a lot of countries in the World. Canadian economy have a big dependence to U.S …show more content…

Canadians still express and tell their honorable feeling about the fighting against imperial Japan and fascist German in World War II because Canadian foreign policy strategies generaly based on the abolish of terrorism, authoriterian or totaliterian regimes and imperialism. They are always the side of the democracy and freedom. When Canada send their troops for fighting, they justified their actions under the terms of anti-authoritarinism. For example in Korean War we could see the Canadians fighting against the Kim Il Sung who was the Communist dictator or in Afghanistan War between 2001 and 2011 Canadians against the Taliba regime and its fundamentalist rules. Recently Canadians struggled to the ISIS which is the terrorist organization that have control over Syria and Iraq. Conservative Stephen Harper who was the Prime Minister in 2014 pushed the Canada into Middle East conflict and targeted the Canadian airstrikes to the ISIS but following the election of Justin Trudeau decline the decision about the airstrikes against ISIS. The other important role for Canada is peacekeeping. In the times of Suez Canal Crisis, Lester Pearson who is the foreign minister of Canada invented United Nations Emergency Force. This means that they seperated the military troops until the solution which provided by diplomatic way. After this invantion he gained the Nobel Peace Prize. Following years

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