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that he should secure <strong>the</strong> approval of <strong>the</strong><br />
United Nations Security Council before attacking<br />
Iraq for its seizure of Kuwait.<br />
However, in an increasingly multi-centric<br />
world where <strong>the</strong>re are different poles<br />
of attraction and influence, <strong>the</strong> U.S. is not<br />
sufficient as a sole partner. We will need to<br />
invest in forging deeper partnerships with<br />
constructive global <strong>power</strong>s like ourselves<br />
(e.g., Australia, Indonesia, Brazil, Mexico,<br />
Norway, Switzerland, Korea, Japan, South<br />
Africa and Turkey) who are not great<br />
<strong>power</strong>s in <strong>the</strong> traditional sense but are rising<br />
on <strong>the</strong> world stage, are committed to<br />
democratic values, and share a common<br />
interest in promoting a stable international<br />
order.<br />
Joe Clark and Brian Mulroney used <strong>the</strong><br />
Commonwealth to advance <strong>the</strong>ir agenda<br />
in Africa. Lloyd Axworthy had his likeminded<br />
group of <strong>power</strong>s in Europe and<br />
<strong>the</strong> developing world to help pursue his<br />
human security agenda. They understood<br />
that friends matter and Canada cannot<br />
work alone to advance its values and interests.<br />
5. The marketing of Canada begins<br />
with our foreign service. The days of strict<br />
message control and gag orders, which<br />
were a point of obsession for Harper’s<br />
minority government, should be relaxed.<br />
If <strong>the</strong> department is to do its job properly,<br />
our officials must be allowed to brea<strong>the</strong><br />
and speak freely. As Jared Cohen, a former<br />
member of Secretary of State Hillary Clinton’s<br />
staff, prophetically observed before<br />
<strong>the</strong> WikiLeaks scandal broke, “The 21st<br />
Century is a really terrible time to be a<br />
control freak.”<br />
6. We sometimes forget <strong>the</strong> main reasons<br />
why Lester Pearson was thought by<br />
some to be our greatest foreign minister.<br />
It was not just his tenacious internationalism,<br />
his longevity on <strong>the</strong> job (he served as<br />
secretary of state for external affairs from<br />
1948-1957), and his smarts that made him<br />
great.<br />
He also had, in <strong>the</strong> words of <strong>the</strong> renowned<br />
historian Norman Hillmer, “a<br />
breezy personality conveying <strong>the</strong> enthusiasm<br />
and innovation of a country coming<br />
into its own in <strong>the</strong> world.” Mr. Baird has<br />
some of <strong>the</strong>se same personal qualities.<br />
Although we have more than come of age<br />
as a country, enthusiasm and innovation<br />
are in short supply and needed more than<br />
ever.<br />
Fen Osler Hampson is Chancellor’s<br />
Professor and director of The Norman<br />
Paterson School of International Affairs<br />
at Carleton University.<br />
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