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Blind Spots in Canadian Foreign Policy
Speech to The Canada Committee 100 Society The Honourable Yuen Pau Woo Independent Senator for British Columbia Good afternoon. I have been asked to speak on “blind spots” in Canadian foreign policy and that is what I will do. Every country has blind spots in its approach to international issues because of a variety of factors, including history, politics, foreign pressure, religious or cultural prejudice, complacency, poor leadership, and fuzzy thinking. Canada is no except…
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Keynote Speech to the First High Level Conference of the Forum on Global Action for Shared Development
Organized by the China International Development Cooperation Agency Beijing Opening remarks in Chinese. Good morning distinguished guests. I am Yuen Pau Woo, an independent senator in the Parliament of Canada. Thank you to the China International Development Cooperation Agency (CIDCA) for inviting me to speak at today’s High-Level Conference. I wish I could be with you in person but am happy nevertheless to be making my remarks by video. I am also pleased to join you online…
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