It doesn’t sound much better in the way Marc-André Blanchard, Canada’s Ambassador to the UN, states the point of the effort. It is not always so easy, however, to discern Canada’s foreign policy objectives, exactly, in the interpretive-dance aspects of Trudeau’s stage performances. “As we pay tribute to the legacy of Nelson Mandela, Canada reaffirms its commitment to push forward the work he began,” Trudeau proclaimed. Against the stresses and strains of South African apartheid, Mandela led the military wing of the African National Congress and trained in the arts of marksmanship and bomb-making. Trudeau is quite right that we should not despair, for our troubles only bear witness to a job unfinished.

Source: National Post September 26, 2018 17:15 UTC