Ignatieff unveils new Liberal foreign policy

[CHIMO]

OTTAWA -- A foreign policy overhaul under the Liberals would see Canadian troops remain in Afghanistan in a training role, and an estimated $1.7 billion in post-combat savings spread to other departments to boost diplomacy and development.

The Liberals would also review the military’s equipment purchasing budget in light of a different focus for Canadian government efforts that would promote global “peace, order and good government.”

Liberal leader Michael Ignatieff fleshed out details of how Canadian foreign policy would differ under a Liberal government Tuesday in a speech to the Empire Club in Toronto.

Among other things, he calls for new agreements with China and India; renewed however vaguely-detailed efforts to re-engage with Africa; and acknowledgement that the “G20 must replace the G8 as the world’s pre-eminent body for economic cooperation.”

http://www.thestar.com/news/canada/article/823722--ignatieff-unveils-new-liberal-foreign-policy?bn=1

Well at least we are getting a policy.

Top down.

Hope the top has the funds that the party requires.

Good luck.

[RedSock]

1. Dear Libs:

Please kick Mr. I Love Torture back to the US -- and get someone to lead your party who is not a right-wing toady.

Thank you.

[IntravenousDemilo]

2. No way can I support this extension. No way.

And if they continue down this path, I shall most definitely be supporting the NDP next time. I've just called my MP and told his representative exactly that, and I've told her that I expect Gerard Kennedy to call me back personally to let me know whether he's going to march lockstep with the party, or do the right thing.

[sixstrings75]

3. They're all the same. Wake up people. We need new blood. n/t