Excerpt from an interesting TorStar article “Louise Arbour can finally talk about world’s worst regimes – Controversial jurist’s new role allows her to finally speak out against world’s worst regime“,
But she spares no criticism for benign governments that fail in their responsibility to protect vulnerable people worldwide.
The “ouch” factor is high — and that includes Canada.
“Is Canada punching below its weight?” she says. “Is it punching at all?”
Ottawa, Arbour argues, is “largely absent on the international scene. It’s very difficult to capture any kind of message, position or form of engagement these days.”
And she adds, “when I was prosecutor in 1996, it mattered what Canada thought. On issues of justice and ethics, it mattered what the Canadian position was. There was a sense that you would get an honest, well-thought-out approach. Not just a raw pursuit of ideological or national interest.”
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