Canada is embracing its growing prominence as a champion of “middle powers” at the U.N. General Assembly, Canada's top diplomat said in an interview Tuesday as the international community's biggest annual gathering got into gear.
Prime Minister Mark Carney made a splash last winter by saying frankly that countries like his own could no longer afford wishful thinking about the international system and needed to act together. Nine months later, Foreign Minister Anita Anand said in an interview that Canada sees its “middle power strategy” bearing fruit, and the assembly’s big meeting could seed more growth.
