Almost every foreign diplomat you run across lately simply gushes about Prime Minister Mark Carney’s Davos speech, and how his remarks about middle powers banding together went viral in Europe.
As much as the speech represented a wake-up call for Canada and its allies, a new report that sets up the annual Munich Security Conference extends and sharpens Carney’s argument and delivers a series of stark warnings.
One of them is fairly straightforward — if not somewhat uncomfortable — for Canadians.
Where allies are concerned, it’s not enough to just show up. You’ve got to bring something useful.
