{"id":41170,"date":"2023-11-27T15:18:17","date_gmt":"2023-11-27T15:18:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.pantheregroup.com\/2023\/11\/27\/how-geopolitics-caught-up-with-canada\/"},"modified":"2023-11-27T15:18:17","modified_gmt":"2023-11-27T15:18:17","slug":"how-geopolitics-caught-up-with-canada","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.pantheregroup.com\/2023\/11\/27\/how-geopolitics-caught-up-with-canada\/","title":{"rendered":"How geopolitics caught up with Canada"},"content":{"rendered":"<div style=\"text-align:center\"><\/div><p> \n<\/p>\n<div id=\"\">\n<header aria-label=\"Beginning of Article\" class=\"article-header article-header--story\">\n<nav aria-label=\"Breadcrumb\" class=\"breadcrumbs\" data-aqa=\"nav-breadcrumb\">\n<p>Breadcrumb Trail Links<\/p>\n<ol class=\"breadcrumbs__items list-unstyled\">\n<li class=\"breadcrumbs__item\">News<\/li>\n<li class=\"breadcrumbs__item\">Financial Times<\/li>\n<li class=\"breadcrumbs__item\">Economy<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/nav>\n<div class=\"article-header__detail\">\n<div class=\"article-header__detail__texts\">\n<p class=\"article-subtitle\">Canada once saw itself as nearly immune from world&#8217;s problems but is now immersed in standoffs with India, China<\/p>\n<div class=\"article-meta\">\n<div class=\"wire-published-by\">\n<p class=\"visually-hidden\">Author of the article:<\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<div class=\"wire-published-by__author-container\">\n<p>Financial Times<\/p>\n<p>Demetri Sevastopulo in Ottawa<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><span class=\"published-date__since\">Published Nov 27, 2023<\/span> \u00a0\u2022\u00a0 <span class=\"updated-date__since\">Last updated 18\u00a0hours ago<\/span> \u00a0\u2022\u00a0 <span class=\"published-date__word-count\">11 minute read<\/span><\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<figure class=\"featured-image\" data-aqa=\"featured-image\"><picture class=\"featured-image__ratio\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP\/\/\/ywAAAAAAQABAAACAUwAOw==\" fifu-lazy=\"1\" fifu-data-sizes=\"auto\" fifu-data-srcset=\"https:\/\/i2.wp.com\/smartcdn.gprod.postmedia.digital\/financialpost\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/canada-china-vw1127.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&w=288&h=216&sig=YOXV6NQK9wG1MpKwqvHnrA&ssl=1&w=75&resize=75&ssl=1 75w, https:\/\/i2.wp.com\/smartcdn.gprod.postmedia.digital\/financialpost\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/canada-china-vw1127.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&w=288&h=216&sig=YOXV6NQK9wG1MpKwqvHnrA&ssl=1&w=100&resize=100&ssl=1 100w, https:\/\/i2.wp.com\/smartcdn.gprod.postmedia.digital\/financialpost\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/canada-china-vw1127.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&w=288&h=216&sig=YOXV6NQK9wG1MpKwqvHnrA&ssl=1&w=150&resize=150&ssl=1 150w, https:\/\/i2.wp.com\/smartcdn.gprod.postmedia.digital\/financialpost\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/canada-china-vw1127.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&w=288&h=216&sig=YOXV6NQK9wG1MpKwqvHnrA&ssl=1&w=240&resize=240&ssl=1 240w, https:\/\/i2.wp.com\/smartcdn.gprod.postmedia.digital\/financialpost\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/canada-china-vw1127.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&w=288&h=216&sig=YOXV6NQK9wG1MpKwqvHnrA&ssl=1&w=320&resize=320&ssl=1 320w, https:\/\/i2.wp.com\/smartcdn.gprod.postmedia.digital\/financialpost\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/canada-china-vw1127.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&w=288&h=216&sig=YOXV6NQK9wG1MpKwqvHnrA&ssl=1&w=500&resize=500&ssl=1 500w, https:\/\/i2.wp.com\/smartcdn.gprod.postmedia.digital\/financialpost\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/canada-china-vw1127.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&w=288&h=216&sig=YOXV6NQK9wG1MpKwqvHnrA&ssl=1&w=640&resize=640&ssl=1 640w, https:\/\/i2.wp.com\/smartcdn.gprod.postmedia.digital\/financialpost\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/canada-china-vw1127.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&w=288&h=216&sig=YOXV6NQK9wG1MpKwqvHnrA&ssl=1&w=800&resize=800&ssl=1 800w, https:\/\/i2.wp.com\/smartcdn.gprod.postmedia.digital\/financialpost\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/canada-china-vw1127.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&w=288&h=216&sig=YOXV6NQK9wG1MpKwqvHnrA&ssl=1&w=1024&resize=1024&ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i2.wp.com\/smartcdn.gprod.postmedia.digital\/financialpost\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/canada-china-vw1127.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&w=288&h=216&sig=YOXV6NQK9wG1MpKwqvHnrA&ssl=1&w=1280&resize=1280&ssl=1 1280w, https:\/\/i2.wp.com\/smartcdn.gprod.postmedia.digital\/financialpost\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/canada-china-vw1127.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&w=288&h=216&sig=YOXV6NQK9wG1MpKwqvHnrA&ssl=1&w=1600&resize=1600&ssl=1 1600w\" alt=\"A Chinese flag illuminated next to Canadian flags in Ottawa. Over the past year alone, Canada has accused China of interfering in its domestic politics and criticized the Chinese military for flying dangerously close to its aircraft over the South China Sea.\" class=\"featured-image__image type:primaryImage\" fifu-data-src=\"https:\/\/i2.wp.com\/smartcdn.gprod.postmedia.digital\/financialpost\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/canada-china-vw1127.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&w=288&h=216&sig=YOXV6NQK9wG1MpKwqvHnrA&ssl=1\" srcset=\"https:\/\/smartcdn.gprod.postmedia.digital\/financialpost\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/canada-china-vw1127.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&w=288&h=216&sig=YOXV6NQK9wG1MpKwqvHnrA,\n                    https:\/\/smartcdn.gprod.postmedia.digital\/financialpost\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/canada-china-vw1127.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&w=576&h=432&sig=w6ayoXxmH9j48zaACYu4qg 2x\" height=\"750\" width=\"1000\"\/><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/picture><figcaption class=\"featured-image__caption image-caption\"><span class=\"caption\">A Chinese flag illuminated next to Canadian flags in Ottawa. Over the past year alone, Canada has accused China of interfering in its domestic politics and criticized the Chinese military for flying dangerously close to its aircraft over the South China Sea.<\/span> <span class=\"credit\">Photo by Adrian Wyld\/The Canadian Press<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/header>\n<section class=\"article-content__content-group article-content__content-group--story\">\n<h2 class=\"visually-hidden\">Article content<\/h2>\n<p>In the 1920s, the Canadian politician Raoul Dandurand described the country as a \u201cfireproof house\u201d \u2014 surrounded on three sides by the Pacific, Arctic and Atlantic oceans, and with a friendly neighbour in the United States to the south.<\/p>\n<p>It is a comforting view of the world that has helped define Canada\u2019s identity, even as it sent soldiers overseas to fight, from the Second World War to Afghanistan.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<div class=\"ad__section-border article-content__ad-group 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Canada has found itself sucked into a series of perilous foreign policy dilemmas that have left it struggling to balance its values, interests and identity. In particular, Canada now finds itself at loggerheads with both India and China \u2014 the two most populous nations and the rising powers of this century.<\/p>\n<p>Over the past year alone, Canada has accused China of interfering in its domestic politics and criticized the Chinese military for flying dangerously close to its aircraft over the South China Sea.<\/p>\n<p data-async=\"\">In a vivid illustration of the shifts, Chinese leader Xi Jinping scolded Justin Trudeau, Canada\u2019s prime minister, at the G20 in Bali last year. In a remarkable exchange caught on video, the Chinese president accused a shell-shocked Trudeau of having leaked the contents of a private conversation.<\/p>\n<p>Most dramatically, Trudeau stunned the world in September by saying Ottawa was investigating \u201ccredible allegations\u201d of Indian government involvement in the fatal shooting of a Canadian Sikh in Vancouver.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<div class=\"ad__section-border article-content__ad-group ad_counter_3\">\n<section aria-describedby=\"advertisment9497302933837761731130138831093760\" class=\"ad\">\n<p>Advertisement 3<\/p>\n<div class=\"ad__container\">\n<div class=\"ad__inner\" id=\"ad__inner-3\">\n<div class=\"ad__inner__container\" data-ad=\"[[7,7],[1200,250],[1200,90],[970,90],[970,250],[728,90],[300,250]]\" data-ad-interscroller=\"7x7\" data-ad-loc=\"3\" data-ad-mobile=\"[[7,7],[300,250],[320,50],[300,50]]\" data-aqa=\"advertisement\" id=\"ad-3\" style=\"--desktopHeight:250px;--mobileHeight:250px\">\n<div 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https:\/\/i3.wp.com\/smartcdn.gprod.postmedia.digital\/financialpost\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/trudeau-modi.jpg?quality=5&strip=all&w=100&sig=Ujtl292F2dfDmM3T-cPoqg&ssl=1&w=1600&resize=1600&ssl=1 1600w\" alt=\"Prime Minister Justin Trudeau takes part in a bilateral meeting with Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi during the G20 Summit in New Delhi, India on Sept. 10, 2023.\" class=\"embedded-image__image lazyload\" data-src=\"https:\/\/smartcdn.gprod.postmedia.digital\/financialpost\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/trudeau-modi.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&w=288&sig=_6nQdkb-Sklts0wTAMkDiw\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/smartcdn.gprod.postmedia.digital\/financialpost\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/trudeau-modi.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&w=288&sig=_6nQdkb-Sklts0wTAMkDiw,\n                https:\/\/smartcdn.gprod.postmedia.digital\/financialpost\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/trudeau-modi.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&w=576&sig=npLKcTeqXrrM_67Tc529Eg 2x\" fifu-data-src=\"https:\/\/i3.wp.com\/smartcdn.gprod.postmedia.digital\/financialpost\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/trudeau-modi.jpg?quality=5&strip=all&w=100&sig=Ujtl292F2dfDmM3T-cPoqg&ssl=1\" height=\"750\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1000\"\/><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/picture><figcaption class=\"image-caption\"><span class=\"caption\"> Prime Minister Justin Trudeau takes part in a bilateral meeting with Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi during the G20 Summit in New Delhi, India on Sept. 10, 2023.<\/span> <span class=\"credit\">Photo by Sean Kilpatrick\/The Canadian Press<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>\u201cThe tectonic plates of the world order are shifting,\u201d M\u00e9lanie Joly, foreign minister, said in a speech in October. \u201cOur location on the globe \u2014 surrounded by three oceans \u2014 can no longer be relied upon to protect us.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Canada is a dramatic example of the question that many mid-sized democracies are now confronting: how to conduct a foreign policy that is consistent with their political identity at a time when authoritarian governments are gaining influence and when economic power and opportunity is shifting more and more to Asia \u2014 most notably China and India.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>The tectonic plates of the world order are shifting. Our location on the globe &#8230; can no longer be relied upon to protect us<\/p>\n<p>M\u00e9lanie Joly<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Roland Paris, a foreign policy expert at the University of Ottawa, said Canadians are becoming increasingly aware that foreign policy issues could have a direct impact on their lives. As a member of NATO, Canada was engaged in Afghanistan for years and now is dealing with the Russian invasion of Ukraine.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe idea that Canada is a fireproof house was never accurate, but now it is totally outdated,\u201d said Paris.<\/p>\n<p>As the G7\u2019s relative share of global economic power falls, Canada can rely less on membership of such groups to insulate itself from outside pressures.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<div class=\"js-widget-content article-content__widget-group article-content__widget-group--content-slot30 article-content__widget-group--newsletter-slot\">\n<section class=\"newsletter-widget__new-story-page fp-headlinenews background--primary-light-gradient\" aria-labelledby=\"FinancialPostTopStories6608955148190929810641369266388992\" data-account-id=\"b9d3df2fccd108b5eff3c44f573b2cd6\" data-aqa=\"widget-newsletter\" data-newsletter=\"single\" data-newsletter-component=\"\" data-target-list=\"FP_HeadlineNews\" data-widget=\"newsletter\">\n<div class=\"newsletter-new-story-page-template\">\n<div class=\"newsletter-widget__header__new-story-page\">\n<div class=\"newsletter-widget__banner__new-story-page\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP\/\/\/ywAAAAAAQABAAACAUwAOw==\" fifu-lazy=\"1\" fifu-data-sizes=\"auto\" fifu-data-srcset=\"https:\/\/dcs-static.gprod.postmedia.digital\/14.9.2\/websites\/images\/newsletters\/icon-fp-topStories.svg 75w, https:\/\/dcs-static.gprod.postmedia.digital\/14.9.2\/websites\/images\/newsletters\/icon-fp-topStories.svg 100w, https:\/\/dcs-static.gprod.postmedia.digital\/14.9.2\/websites\/images\/newsletters\/icon-fp-topStories.svg 150w, https:\/\/dcs-static.gprod.postmedia.digital\/14.9.2\/websites\/images\/newsletters\/icon-fp-topStories.svg 240w, https:\/\/dcs-static.gprod.postmedia.digital\/14.9.2\/websites\/images\/newsletters\/icon-fp-topStories.svg 320w, https:\/\/dcs-static.gprod.postmedia.digital\/14.9.2\/websites\/images\/newsletters\/icon-fp-topStories.svg 500w, https:\/\/dcs-static.gprod.postmedia.digital\/14.9.2\/websites\/images\/newsletters\/icon-fp-topStories.svg 640w, https:\/\/dcs-static.gprod.postmedia.digital\/14.9.2\/websites\/images\/newsletters\/icon-fp-topStories.svg 800w, https:\/\/dcs-static.gprod.postmedia.digital\/14.9.2\/websites\/images\/newsletters\/icon-fp-topStories.svg 1024w, https:\/\/dcs-static.gprod.postmedia.digital\/14.9.2\/websites\/images\/newsletters\/icon-fp-topStories.svg 1280w, https:\/\/dcs-static.gprod.postmedia.digital\/14.9.2\/websites\/images\/newsletters\/icon-fp-topStories.svg 1600w\" alt=\"Top Stories\" loading=\"lazy\" fifu-data-src=\"https:\/\/dcs-static.gprod.postmedia.digital\/14.9.2\/websites\/images\/newsletters\/icon-fp-topStories.svg\"\/><\/div>\n<div>\n<p>Top Stories<\/p>\n<p class=\"newsletter-widget__text__new-story-page\">Get the latest headlines, breaking news and columns.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"newsletter-widget__body__new-story-page\">\n<div class=\"js-replace-main__new-story-page\">\n<p class=\"newsletter-widget__disclaimer__new-story-page text-size--tiny\">By signing up you consent to receive the above newsletter from Postmedia Network Inc.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"js-submit-success\" hidden=\"\" id=\"submitSuccessFP_HeadlineNews\">\n<p>Thanks for signing up!<\/p>\n<p class=\"newsletter-widget__text__new-story-page\">A welcome email is on its way. 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Please try again<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/section>\n<\/div>\n<section class=\"article-content__content-group article-content__content-group--story\">\n<p>Article content<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<div class=\"ad__section-border article-content__ad-group ad_counter_4\">\n<section aria-describedby=\"advertisment4879541631851896808238401330348032\" class=\"ad\">\n<p>Advertisement 4<\/p>\n<div class=\"ad__container\">\n<div class=\"ad__inner\" id=\"ad__inner-4\">\n<div class=\"ad__inner__container\" data-ad=\"[[1200,250],[1200,90],[970,90],[970,250],[728,90],[300,250]]\" data-ad-loc=\"4\" data-ad-mobile=\"[[320,50],[300,50],[300,250]]\" data-aqa=\"advertisement\" id=\"ad-4\" style=\"--desktopHeight:250px;--mobileHeight:250px\">\n<div aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"ad__placeholder\">\n<p>This advertisement has not loaded yet, but your article continues below.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/section>\n<\/div>\n<section class=\"article-content__content-group article-content__content-group--story\">\n<p>Article content<\/p>\n<p>Canadian Senator Peter Boehm, the chair of the Foreign Affairs Committee, earlier said that countries such as India and China were more likely to bully a country like Canada given that it is much less powerful than the U.S.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIf a larger country wants to make an example of a country, Canada is an easy mark,\u201d said Boehm.<\/p>\n<p>Joly said she was not explicitly referring to Dandurand when she argued Canada\u2019s location was no longer enough to protect the country. Instead, she was pointing to new risks facing the country, such as cyber and digital-related threats, including the use of artificial intelligence to facilitate political interference.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"embedded-image\" data-aqa=\"embed-image\"><picture class=\"embedded-image__ratio\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP\/\/\/ywAAAAAAQABAAACAUwAOw==\" fifu-lazy=\"1\" fifu-data-sizes=\"auto\" fifu-data-srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/smartcdn.gprod.postmedia.digital\/financialpost\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/melanie-joly.jpg?quality=5&strip=all&w=100&sig=uVDF41QzdpS_5EOhCa9JdA&ssl=1&w=75&resize=75&ssl=1 75w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/smartcdn.gprod.postmedia.digital\/financialpost\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/melanie-joly.jpg?quality=5&strip=all&w=100&sig=uVDF41QzdpS_5EOhCa9JdA&ssl=1&w=100&resize=100&ssl=1 100w, 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https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/smartcdn.gprod.postmedia.digital\/financialpost\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/melanie-joly.jpg?quality=5&strip=all&w=100&sig=uVDF41QzdpS_5EOhCa9JdA&ssl=1&w=1600&resize=1600&ssl=1 1600w\" alt=\"Foreign Affairs Minister Melanie Joly said in October Canada's location was no longer enough to protect it.\" class=\"embedded-image__image lazyload\" data-src=\"https:\/\/smartcdn.gprod.postmedia.digital\/financialpost\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/melanie-joly.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&w=288&sig=LQxsVUdGkWwEiw1slJE4_w\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/smartcdn.gprod.postmedia.digital\/financialpost\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/melanie-joly.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&w=288&sig=LQxsVUdGkWwEiw1slJE4_w,\n                https:\/\/smartcdn.gprod.postmedia.digital\/financialpost\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/melanie-joly.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&w=576&sig=3yqPtZMviK-Unq-bUet0dg 2x\" fifu-data-src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/smartcdn.gprod.postmedia.digital\/financialpost\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/melanie-joly.jpg?quality=5&strip=all&w=100&sig=uVDF41QzdpS_5EOhCa9JdA&ssl=1\" height=\"750\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1000\"\/><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/picture><figcaption class=\"image-caption\"><span class=\"caption\"> Foreign Affairs Minister Melanie Joly said in October Canada\u2019s location was no longer enough to protect it.<\/span> <span class=\"credit\">Photo by Adrian Wyld\/The Canadian Press<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p data-async=\"\">One of the new threats \u2014 the possibility of an extraterritorial killing by Indian government agents in Canada \u2014 returned to the limelight last week when the FT revealed that the U.S. had warned India over a thwarted plot to kill a Sikh separatist on American soil that it believed had possible Indian government involvement.<\/p>\n<p>Jonathan Berkshire Miller, an Indo-Pacific expert at the Macdonald-Laurier Institute think tank in Ottawa, said that successive governments have tended to treat foreign policy as a \u201cluxury item\u201d and have left it to the Americans to \u201cstep up to the plate,\u201d or the Japanese and Australians in the Indo-Pacific.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<div class=\"ad__section-border article-content__ad-group ad_counter_5\">\n<section aria-describedby=\"advertisment6252857214988738601150371841703936\" class=\"ad\">\n<p>Advertisement 5<\/p>\n<div class=\"ad__container\">\n<div class=\"ad__inner\" id=\"ad__inner-5\">\n<div class=\"ad__inner__container\" data-ad=\"[[1200,250],[1200,90],[970,90],[970,250],[728,90],[300,250]]\" data-ad-loc=\"5\" data-ad-mobile=\"[[320,50],[300,50],[300,250]]\" data-aqa=\"advertisement\" id=\"ad-5\" style=\"--desktopHeight:250px;--mobileHeight:250px\">\n<div aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"ad__placeholder\">\n<p>This advertisement has not loaded yet, but your article continues below.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/section>\n<\/div>\n<section class=\"article-content__content-group article-content__content-group--story\">\n<p>Article content<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe\u2019ve had this complacency on foreign security issues for several years,\u201d said Berkshire Miller.<\/p>\n<h2>Long deep freeze<\/h2>\n<p>The spat with India over the murder of Hardeep Singh Nijjar, a member of a separatist movement pushing for the creation of an independent Sikh state in India, is a stark example of how power relations are shifting in the world.<\/p>\n<p>Last month, Joly revealed that Ottawa had been forced to withdraw 41 diplomats from India after New Delhi vowed to strip them of their diplomatic immunity \u2014 a threat that Ottawa said violated formal diplomatic conventions.<\/p>\n<p>But the fracas with India came as Canadian engagement with China has still to recover from a long deep freeze.<\/p>\n<p>Relations between the countries plummeted in 2018 when China detained two Canadian citizens \u2014 Michael Kovrig and Michael Spavor, who became known as the \u201ctwo Michaels\u201d \u2014 for more than three years.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"embedded-image\" data-aqa=\"embed-image\"><picture class=\"embedded-image__ratio\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP\/\/\/ywAAAAAAQABAAACAUwAOw==\" fifu-lazy=\"1\" fifu-data-sizes=\"auto\" fifu-data-srcset=\"https:\/\/i2.wp.com\/smartcdn.gprod.postmedia.digital\/financialpost\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/michael-kovrig-michael-spavor.jpg?quality=5&strip=all&w=100&sig=t4J-8Lk9m7kjBI0TLPiSZg&ssl=1&w=75&resize=75&ssl=1 75w, https:\/\/i2.wp.com\/smartcdn.gprod.postmedia.digital\/financialpost\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/michael-kovrig-michael-spavor.jpg?quality=5&strip=all&w=100&sig=t4J-8Lk9m7kjBI0TLPiSZg&ssl=1&w=100&resize=100&ssl=1 100w, 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https:\/\/i2.wp.com\/smartcdn.gprod.postmedia.digital\/financialpost\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/michael-kovrig-michael-spavor.jpg?quality=5&strip=all&w=100&sig=t4J-8Lk9m7kjBI0TLPiSZg&ssl=1&w=1600&resize=1600&ssl=1 1600w\" alt=\"Michael Kovrig and Michael Spavor in the House of Commons on March 24, during a speech by U.S. President Joe Biden.\" class=\"embedded-image__image lazyload\" data-src=\"https:\/\/smartcdn.gprod.postmedia.digital\/financialpost\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/michael-kovrig-michael-spavor.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&w=288&sig=yIrTyXO4kLb14vMByBexVg\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/smartcdn.gprod.postmedia.digital\/financialpost\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/michael-kovrig-michael-spavor.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&w=288&sig=yIrTyXO4kLb14vMByBexVg,\n                https:\/\/smartcdn.gprod.postmedia.digital\/financialpost\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/michael-kovrig-michael-spavor.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&w=576&sig=XEAtxdjYp-8KXM0YJzqRLQ 2x\" 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Ltd., in connection with a U.S. extradition request. The two Canadians were freed in 2021 as part of an exchange after Meng signed a deferred prosecution deal.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<div class=\"ad__section-border article-content__ad-group ad_counter_6\">\n<section aria-describedby=\"advertisment4867362906493982495889861229150208\" class=\"ad\">\n<p>Advertisement 6<\/p>\n<div class=\"ad__container\">\n<div class=\"ad__inner\" id=\"ad__inner-6\">\n<div class=\"ad__inner__container\" data-ad=\"[[1200,250],[1200,90],[970,90],[970,250],[728,90],[300,250]]\" data-ad-loc=\"6\" data-ad-mobile=\"[[320,50],[300,50],[300,250]]\" data-aqa=\"advertisement\" id=\"ad-6\" style=\"--desktopHeight:250px;--mobileHeight:250px\">\n<div aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"ad__placeholder\">\n<p>This advertisement has not loaded yet, but your article continues below.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/section>\n<\/div>\n<section class=\"article-content__content-group article-content__content-group--story\">\n<p>Article content<\/p>\n<p>In another example of foreign threats at home, Canada this year expelled a Chinese diplomat for alleged political interference. Canadian intelligence said he was involved in a campaign to intimidate an opposition lawmaker with family in Hong Kong who had slammed China on human rights.<\/p>\n<p>The case followed leaks to the media about internal warnings the Canadian Security Intelligence Service had issued to the government about the case, which sparked criticism that Trudeau had not taken the issue seriously enough.<\/p>\n<p>In a rare move for a security agency that hides in the shadows even more than some of its western peers, CSIS head David Vigneault recently joined FBI director Christopher Wray and their counterparts from the U.K., Australia and New Zealand \u2014 the other members of the Five Eyes intelligence-sharing network \u2014 in San Francisco to issue a public warning about China conducting unprecedented levels of espionage to steal cutting-edge technologies.<\/p>\n<p>Joly said Canada will deal with the changing landscape and its new threats by relying on two principles. First, Ottawa will strongly defend its sovereignty amid rising global security threats. And second, it will use \u201cpragmatic diplomacy,\u201d which she defines as engaging nations with different perspectives to Canada in an effort to help prevent international conflicts.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<div class=\"ad__section-border article-content__ad-group ad_counter_7\">\n<section aria-describedby=\"advertisment6324483223294095284550831483912192\" class=\"ad\">\n<p>Advertisement 7<\/p>\n<div class=\"ad__container\">\n<div class=\"ad__inner\" id=\"ad__inner-7\">\n<div class=\"ad__inner__container\" data-ad=\"[[1200,250],[1200,90],[970,90],[970,250],[728,90],[300,250]]\" data-ad-loc=\"7\" data-ad-mobile=\"[[320,50],[300,50],[300,250]]\" data-aqa=\"advertisement\" id=\"ad-7\" style=\"--desktopHeight:250px;--mobileHeight:250px\">\n<div aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"ad__placeholder\">\n<p>This advertisement has not loaded yet, but your article continues below.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/section>\n<\/div>\n<section class=\"article-content__content-group article-content__content-group--story\">\n<p>Article content<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe\u2019re going through an international security crisis and so (we\u2019re) explaining to Canadians more than ever that we need to embrace pragmatic diplomacy,\u201d Joly argued. \u201cI\u2019d say that is realpolitik.\u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p><span>We\u2019re going through an international security crisis and so (we\u2019re) explaining to Canadians more than ever that we need to embrace pragmatic diplomacy<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Melanie Joly<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>To illustrate the first principle, Ottawa is stepping up its presence in the Indo-Pacific, where Joly said that \u201cfor too long, Canada was not seen as a reliable partner.\u201d In addition to raising defence spending, Canada is boosting its diplomatic and military presence in the region. For example, Canada\u2019s navy now operates three ships in the Indo-Pacific, which she said is a strong signal of commitment to allies.<\/p>\n<p>Canadian naval ships have also joined the U.S. in transiting the Taiwan Strait, in \u201cfreedom of navigation\u201d operations designed to send a message to Beijing as it increasingly challenges America and its allies in the South China Sea.<\/p>\n<p>In one example of Canada taking a public stand, it recently accused the Chinese military of reckless activity after a fighter jet fired flares near one of its military helicopters over the South China Sea. Yet Ottawa has at other times been reluctant to speak out. Earlier this year, the U.S. asked Canada to make public the details of another dangerous incident that involved a Chinese fighter jet, but Ottawa declined, according to people familiar with the case.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<div class=\"ad__section-border article-content__ad-group ad_counter_8\">\n<section aria-describedby=\"advertisment94436255586683993293645454245888\" class=\"ad\">\n<p>Advertisement 8<\/p>\n<div class=\"ad__container\">\n<div class=\"ad__inner\" id=\"ad__inner-8\">\n<div class=\"ad__inner__container\" data-ad=\"[[1200,250],[1200,90],[970,90],[970,250],[728,90],[300,250]]\" data-ad-loc=\"8\" data-ad-mobile=\"[[320,50],[300,50],[300,250]]\" data-aqa=\"advertisement\" id=\"ad-8\" style=\"--desktopHeight:250px;--mobileHeight:250px\">\n<div aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"ad__placeholder\">\n<p>This advertisement has not loaded yet, but your article continues below.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/section>\n<\/div>\n<section class=\"article-content__content-group article-content__content-group--story\">\n<p>Article content<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe Indo-Pacific strategy had a clear message on China that has not changed. But our diplomacy \u2014 how we deal with China and others \u2014 now has to take into account the need for pragmatism,\u201d said Vina Nadjibulla, vice-president of research and strategy at the Asia Pacific Foundation of Canada.<\/p>\n<h2>Looking to Australia<\/h2>\n<p>Nadjibulla said that includes the need to stabilize relations with China and have a more constructive dialogue with the country, as the U.S. and Australia have recently been doing.<\/p>\n<p>Anthony Albanese recently became the first Australian prime minister to visit China in seven years, in a trip that eased tensions in what has been a frosty relationship, particularly since his predecessor called for an investigation into China and the COVID-19 pandemic.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAustralia has demonstrated how you can stabilize relations with China while not giving up on your principles and values,\u201d Nadjibulla added.<\/p>\n<p>Canadian diplomats are also watching closely as the U.S. tries to stabilize relations with China, which had plummeted to their lowest level since they established diplomatic ties in 1979. President Joe Biden and his Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping met in San Francisco on November 15 for a summit that produced a slight thaw.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<div class=\"ad__section-border article-content__ad-group ad_counter_9\">\n<section aria-describedby=\"advertisment9778049708099763667299022130905088\" class=\"ad\">\n<p>Advertisement 9<\/p>\n<div class=\"ad__container\">\n<div class=\"ad__inner\" id=\"ad__inner-9\">\n<div class=\"ad__inner__container\" data-ad=\"[[1200,250],[1200,90],[970,90],[970,250],[728,90],[300,250]]\" data-ad-loc=\"9\" data-ad-mobile=\"[[320,50],[300,50],[300,250]]\" data-aqa=\"advertisement\" id=\"ad-9\" style=\"--desktopHeight:250px;--mobileHeight:250px\">\n<div aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"ad__placeholder\">\n<p>This advertisement has not loaded yet, but your article continues below.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/section>\n<\/div>\n<section class=\"article-content__content-group article-content__content-group--story\">\n<p>Article content<\/p>\n<figure class=\"embedded-image\" data-aqa=\"embed-image\"><picture class=\"embedded-image__ratio\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP\/\/\/ywAAAAAAQABAAACAUwAOw==\" fifu-lazy=\"1\" fifu-data-sizes=\"auto\" fifu-data-srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/smartcdn.gprod.postmedia.digital\/financialpost\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/biden-xi.jpg?quality=5&strip=all&w=100&sig=0qIZ3iq7lSTF-zIm67qUSQ&ssl=1&w=75&resize=75&ssl=1 75w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/smartcdn.gprod.postmedia.digital\/financialpost\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/biden-xi.jpg?quality=5&strip=all&w=100&sig=0qIZ3iq7lSTF-zIm67qUSQ&ssl=1&w=100&resize=100&ssl=1 100w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/smartcdn.gprod.postmedia.digital\/financialpost\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/biden-xi.jpg?quality=5&strip=all&w=100&sig=0qIZ3iq7lSTF-zIm67qUSQ&ssl=1&w=150&resize=150&ssl=1 150w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/smartcdn.gprod.postmedia.digital\/financialpost\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/biden-xi.jpg?quality=5&strip=all&w=100&sig=0qIZ3iq7lSTF-zIm67qUSQ&ssl=1&w=240&resize=240&ssl=1 240w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/smartcdn.gprod.postmedia.digital\/financialpost\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/biden-xi.jpg?quality=5&strip=all&w=100&sig=0qIZ3iq7lSTF-zIm67qUSQ&ssl=1&w=320&resize=320&ssl=1 320w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/smartcdn.gprod.postmedia.digital\/financialpost\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/biden-xi.jpg?quality=5&strip=all&w=100&sig=0qIZ3iq7lSTF-zIm67qUSQ&ssl=1&w=500&resize=500&ssl=1 500w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/smartcdn.gprod.postmedia.digital\/financialpost\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/biden-xi.jpg?quality=5&strip=all&w=100&sig=0qIZ3iq7lSTF-zIm67qUSQ&ssl=1&w=640&resize=640&ssl=1 640w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/smartcdn.gprod.postmedia.digital\/financialpost\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/biden-xi.jpg?quality=5&strip=all&w=100&sig=0qIZ3iq7lSTF-zIm67qUSQ&ssl=1&w=800&resize=800&ssl=1 800w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/smartcdn.gprod.postmedia.digital\/financialpost\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/biden-xi.jpg?quality=5&strip=all&w=100&sig=0qIZ3iq7lSTF-zIm67qUSQ&ssl=1&w=1024&resize=1024&ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/smartcdn.gprod.postmedia.digital\/financialpost\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/biden-xi.jpg?quality=5&strip=all&w=100&sig=0qIZ3iq7lSTF-zIm67qUSQ&ssl=1&w=1280&resize=1280&ssl=1 1280w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/smartcdn.gprod.postmedia.digital\/financialpost\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/biden-xi.jpg?quality=5&strip=all&w=100&sig=0qIZ3iq7lSTF-zIm67qUSQ&ssl=1&w=1600&resize=1600&ssl=1 1600w\" alt=\"President Joe Biden greets China's President Xi Jinping in Woodside, Calif., Nov. 15, 2023.\" class=\"embedded-image__image lazyload\" data-src=\"https:\/\/smartcdn.gprod.postmedia.digital\/financialpost\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/biden-xi.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&w=288&sig=ZX7wmJIlIcdpZU0EffZtPQ\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/smartcdn.gprod.postmedia.digital\/financialpost\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/biden-xi.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&w=288&sig=ZX7wmJIlIcdpZU0EffZtPQ,\n                https:\/\/smartcdn.gprod.postmedia.digital\/financialpost\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/biden-xi.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&w=576&sig=G6nD6zDFfHCbODf2c7xjEg 2x\" fifu-data-src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/smartcdn.gprod.postmedia.digital\/financialpost\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/biden-xi.jpg?quality=5&strip=all&w=100&sig=0qIZ3iq7lSTF-zIm67qUSQ&ssl=1\" height=\"750\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1000\"\/><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/picture><figcaption class=\"image-caption\"><span class=\"caption\"> President Joe Biden greets China\u2019s President Xi Jinping in Woodside, Calif., Nov. 15, 2023.<\/span> <span class=\"credit\">Photo by Doug Mills\/The New York Times via AP, Pool<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Asked whether \u201cpragmatic diplomacy\u201d would include engagement with India and China, Joly said it will.<\/p>\n<p>The spat between Canada and India continues two months after Trudeau\u2019s bombshell claim. But earlier this month there was a nascent sign of better relations when India resumed the electronic processing of visas for Canadians, which was halted after the crisis erupted.<\/p>\n<p>Improving relations with India is particularly important for Canada given that 1.3 million people in the country \u2014 or four per cent of the population \u2014 claim Indian heritage. Despite the public rhetoric between the two capitals, Canada and India have continued discussions in private.<\/p>\n<p>The FT previously revealed that Joly and Indian foreign minister S. Jaishankar held a secret meeting in Washington in late September.<\/p>\n<p>But while Canada has maintained dialogue with India, the situation with China is more complicated.<\/p>\n<p>Joly said it is \u201cdefinitely a priority of mine\u201d to engage China. Pressed on whether she would travel to China at some point, she responded: \u201cIt\u2019s important that I be able to go to different countries \u2026 including China.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<div class=\"ad__section-border article-content__ad-group ad_counter_10\">\n<section aria-describedby=\"advertisment8626458185393222078152879196078080\" class=\"ad\">\n<p>Advertisement 10<\/p>\n<div class=\"ad__container\">\n<div class=\"ad__inner\" id=\"ad__inner-10\">\n<div class=\"ad__inner__container\" data-ad=\"[[1200,250],[1200,90],[970,90],[970,250],[728,90],[300,250]]\" data-ad-loc=\"10\" data-ad-mobile=\"[[320,50],[300,50],[300,250]]\" data-aqa=\"advertisement\" id=\"ad-10\" style=\"--desktopHeight:250px;--mobileHeight:250px\">\n<div aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"ad__placeholder\">\n<p>This advertisement has not loaded yet, but your article continues below.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/section>\n<\/div>\n<section class=\"article-content__content-group article-content__content-group--story\">\n<p>Article content<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p><span>Low favourability ratings for China in Canada makes Canadian officials wary of engagement<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Philippe Rheault, retired Canadian diplomat<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Philippe Rheault, a recently retired Canadian diplomat who spent much of his career focused on, and working in, China, said Beijing is ready to re-engage but is \u201csomewhat bemused\u201d by the reluctance in Ottawa.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIn Canada, there\u2019s a lot of scarring from the \u2018Two Michaels\u2019 episode and a sense that China used coercive behaviour,\u201d said Rheault, who heads the China Institute at the University of Alberta. \u201cThat combined with low favourability ratings for China in Canada makes Canadian officials wary of engagement.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Another former Canadian diplomat said the Michaels case was a \u201csearing, traumatizing experience\u201d for Canadians because the pair had almost iconic status as personifications of a \u201cbig country trying to bully a small country.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>In September, Trudeau appeared to play down the prospects of a d\u00e9tente with Beijing. He said there would be \u201cno\u201d rapprochement because Chinese actions had made that \u201cmore difficult.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Two weeks ago, Trudeau had a brief exchange with Xi as they gathered for a group photo at the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation forum in San Francisco immediately after Biden\u2019s summit with the Chinese leader.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<div class=\"ad__section-border article-content__ad-group ad_counter_11\">\n<section aria-describedby=\"advertisment3915513226033126635671498403086336\" class=\"ad\">\n<p>Advertisement 11<\/p>\n<div class=\"ad__container\">\n<div class=\"ad__inner\" id=\"ad__inner-11\">\n<div class=\"ad__inner__container\" data-ad=\"[[1200,250],[1200,90],[970,90],[970,250],[728,90],[300,250]]\" data-ad-loc=\"11\" data-ad-mobile=\"[[320,50],[300,50],[300,250]]\" data-aqa=\"advertisement\" id=\"ad-11\" style=\"--desktopHeight:250px;--mobileHeight:250px\">\n<div aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"ad__placeholder\">\n<p>This advertisement has not loaded yet, but your article continues below.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/section>\n<\/div>\n<section class=\"article-content__content-group article-content__content-group--story\">\n<p>Article content<\/p>\n<figure class=\"embedded-image\" data-aqa=\"embed-image\"><picture class=\"embedded-image__ratio\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP\/\/\/ywAAAAAAQABAAACAUwAOw==\" fifu-lazy=\"1\" fifu-data-sizes=\"auto\" fifu-data-srcset=\"https:\/\/i2.wp.com\/smartcdn.gprod.postmedia.digital\/financialpost\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/xi-trudeau.jpg?quality=5&strip=all&w=100&sig=9jqOs9-iNHTrR-pAa_LyQg&ssl=1&w=75&resize=75&ssl=1 75w, https:\/\/i2.wp.com\/smartcdn.gprod.postmedia.digital\/financialpost\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/xi-trudeau.jpg?quality=5&strip=all&w=100&sig=9jqOs9-iNHTrR-pAa_LyQg&ssl=1&w=100&resize=100&ssl=1 100w, 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https:\/\/i2.wp.com\/smartcdn.gprod.postmedia.digital\/financialpost\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/xi-trudeau.jpg?quality=5&strip=all&w=100&sig=9jqOs9-iNHTrR-pAa_LyQg&ssl=1&w=1600&resize=1600&ssl=1 1600w\" alt=\"Prime Minister Justin Trudeau stands next to Chinese President Xi Jinping and other leaders for the family photo at the APEC Summit, on Nov. 16.\" class=\"embedded-image__image lazyload\" data-src=\"https:\/\/smartcdn.gprod.postmedia.digital\/financialpost\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/xi-trudeau.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&w=288&sig=W59I9X_8Sn25VmhBmcBA3A\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/smartcdn.gprod.postmedia.digital\/financialpost\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/xi-trudeau.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&w=288&sig=W59I9X_8Sn25VmhBmcBA3A,\n                https:\/\/smartcdn.gprod.postmedia.digital\/financialpost\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/xi-trudeau.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&w=576&sig=GFab8mbEqnAxhUiCPPp9HA 2x\" fifu-data-src=\"https:\/\/i2.wp.com\/smartcdn.gprod.postmedia.digital\/financialpost\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/xi-trudeau.jpg?quality=5&strip=all&w=100&sig=9jqOs9-iNHTrR-pAa_LyQg&ssl=1\" height=\"749\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1000\"\/><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/picture><figcaption class=\"image-caption\"><span class=\"caption\"> Prime Minister Justin Trudeau stands next to Chinese President Xi Jinping and other leaders for the family photo at the APEC Summit, on Nov. 16.<\/span> <span class=\"credit\">Photo by Adrian Wyld\/The Canadian Press<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Trudeau said he told Xi their teams should try to have \u201cconstructive dialogue.\u201d In language that alluded to \u201cpragmatic diplomacy,\u201d he said it was \u201cpart of the ongoing engagement that Canada needs to have \u2026 including with countries we disagree with.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>But Lynette Ong, a Canada-China expert at the University of Toronto, said Trudeau\u2019s hands are \u201creally tied\u201d now because the opposition Conservative party is pressuring him to be tough on China. The prime minister is running for a fourth term in a general election that must be held by 2025 but faces increasingly bad public polling numbers.<\/p>\n<p>Regardless of whether Canada reboots its engagement with Beijing, Ong said that Canada has to do more if it is really serious about stepping up its presence in the Indo-Pacific. Other countries in Asia have privately expressed interest in joining the Quad, a security group consisting of the U.S., Japan, Australia and India.<\/p>\n<p>Some are also keen to join AUKUS an Australia-U.K.-U.S. pact that is primarily designed to enable Canberra to procure nuclear-propelled submarines, but has a separate pillar focused on developing advanced technologies such as hypersonic weapons.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<div class=\"ad__section-border article-content__ad-group ad_counter_12\">\n<section aria-describedby=\"advertisment5595952325499773425537412793106432\" class=\"ad\">\n<p>Advertisement 12<\/p>\n<div class=\"ad__container\">\n<div class=\"ad__inner\" id=\"ad__inner-12\">\n<div class=\"ad__inner__container\" data-ad=\"[[1200,250],[1200,90],[970,90],[970,250],[728,90],[300,250]]\" data-ad-loc=\"12\" data-ad-mobile=\"[[320,50],[300,50],[300,250]]\" data-aqa=\"advertisement\" id=\"ad-12\" style=\"--desktopHeight:250px;--mobileHeight:250px\">\n<div aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"ad__placeholder\">\n<p>This advertisement has not loaded yet, but your article continues below.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/section>\n<\/div>\n<section class=\"article-content__content-group article-content__content-group--story\">\n<p>Article content<\/p>\n<p>\u201cUnless we get our act together, beef up our security and defence and somehow figure out a way to get invited to join AUKUS and the Quad \u2026 the tough position on China is going to be mostly rhetoric,\u201d said Ong.<\/p>\n<p data-async=\"\">Joly declined to say if Canada is interested in joining AUKUS. Ottawa is already part of what she calls the \u201cmost compelling architecture in the Indo-Pacific\u201d \u2014 a reference to the Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership (CPTPP), a massive Pacific trade deal that was resurrected from the TPP agreement that Donald Trump jettisoned in 2017.<\/p>\n<p>Michael Kovrig, now a senior Asia adviser at the International Crisis Group, said one problem Canada faces is that it has been \u201csheltered\u201d as other western countries have been adapting to an evolving geopolitical order.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cCanadians aren\u2019t used to thinking geopolitically,\u201d he said. \u201cBut that\u2019s going to be essential for the country to protect itself, maintain influence and prosper in an increasingly complex and hostile world.\u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>Canadians aren&#8217;t used to thinking geopolitically. But that&#8217;s going to be essential for the country to protect itself, maintain influence and prosper<\/p>\n<p>Michael Kovrig<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Berkshire Miller said Canada has, however, put muscle behind its rhetoric in terms of relations with Japan and South Korea, which he said is the most concrete part of the country\u2019s Indo-Pacific strategy, which was unveiled last year. Ottawa has had serious discussions with Tokyo and Seoul on issues such as critical minerals to energy security. The country also participates in a multilateral effort to monitor North Korean compliance with United Nations sanctions.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<div class=\"ad__section-border article-content__ad-group ad_counter_13\">\n<section aria-describedby=\"advertisment6082247216117472422703725312737280\" class=\"ad\">\n<p>Advertisement 13<\/p>\n<div class=\"ad__container\">\n<div class=\"ad__inner\" id=\"ad__inner-13\">\n<div class=\"ad__inner__container\" data-ad=\"[[1200,250],[1200,90],[970,90],[970,250],[728,90],[300,250]]\" data-ad-loc=\"13\" data-ad-mobile=\"[[320,50],[300,50],[300,250]]\" data-aqa=\"advertisement\" id=\"ad-13\" style=\"--desktopHeight:250px;--mobileHeight:250px\">\n<div aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"ad__placeholder\">\n<p>This advertisement has not loaded yet, but your article continues below.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/section>\n<\/div>\n<section class=\"article-content__content-group article-content__content-group--story\">\n<p>Article content<\/p>\n<p>For now, Ottawa must grapple with how to approach China and India. But Vincent Rigby, a former national security adviser to Trudeau, said a broader and longer-term critical question is whether Ottawa is responding seriously enough to the rapid decline in the international security order.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cCanada has been a bit of bystander. It has taken measures, but not always in a systematically planned way. We haven\u2019t had a comprehensive foreign policy strategy since 2005 or a national security policy since 2004,\u201d said Rigby, who now works at McGill University. \u201cWe are lacking a bit of strategic direction in a world that is being buffeted by change.\u201d<\/p>\n<section aria-labelledby=\"moreTopicLabel5742433433393289546089303579295744\" class=\"more-topic\" data-aqa=\"embed-more-topic\" data-carousel-component=\"\" data-carousel-icon-button=\"\" data-carousel-type=\"list\">\n<p>Related Stories<\/p>\n<p><button aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"more-topic__button-prev\" data-carousel-prev=\"\" tabindex=\"-1\" title=\"previous\" type=\"button\"\/><\/p>\n<ol class=\"more-topic__items list-unstyled\" data-carousel-slide-list=\"\" tabindex=\"0\">\n<li class=\"more-topic__item\" data-carousel-item=\"\"> <picture class=\"more-topic__item-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP\/\/\/ywAAAAAAQABAAACAUwAOw==\" fifu-lazy=\"1\" 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https:\/\/i3.wp.com\/smartcdn.gprod.postmedia.digital\/nationalpost\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/china-0918.jpg?h=96&strip=all&quality=5&sig=2Ky7xvk_dnRG0PiCBpIzzA&ssl=1&w=1024&resize=1024&ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i3.wp.com\/smartcdn.gprod.postmedia.digital\/nationalpost\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/china-0918.jpg?h=96&strip=all&quality=5&sig=2Ky7xvk_dnRG0PiCBpIzzA&ssl=1&w=1280&resize=1280&ssl=1 1280w, https:\/\/i3.wp.com\/smartcdn.gprod.postmedia.digital\/nationalpost\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/china-0918.jpg?h=96&strip=all&quality=5&sig=2Ky7xvk_dnRG0PiCBpIzzA&ssl=1&w=1600&resize=1600&ssl=1 1600w\" alt=\"China \" data-src=\"https:\/\/smartcdn.gprod.postmedia.digital\/nationalpost\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/china-0918.jpg?h=96&strip=all&quality=80&sig=KFzsdXCm702N2bGY8rSxDQ\" fifu-data-src=\"https:\/\/i3.wp.com\/smartcdn.gprod.postmedia.digital\/nationalpost\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/china-0918.jpg?h=96&strip=all&quality=5&sig=2Ky7xvk_dnRG0PiCBpIzzA&ssl=1\" srcset=\"https:\/\/smartcdn.gprod.postmedia.digital\/nationalpost\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/china-0918.jpg?h=96&strip=all&quality=80&sig=KFzsdXCm702N2bGY8rSxDQ, https:\/\/smartcdn.gprod.postmedia.digital\/nationalpost\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/china-0918.jpg?h=192&strip=all&quality=80&sig=tV-Cp7qQ3nMTaFxJAF-9kQ 2x,\n                                             https:\/\/smartcdn.gprod.postmedia.digital\/nationalpost\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/china-0918.jpg?h=288&strip=all&quality=80&sig=bnM60a0ZfkubFFZb5iGseQ 3x\" class=\"lazyload\" height=\"96\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"96\"\/><\/picture>\n<p><span class=\"more-topic__item-text-clamp\">Why Canada&#8217;s pension plan is standing by its $52-billion bet on China<\/span><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li class=\"more-topic__item\" data-carousel-item=\"\"> <picture class=\"more-topic__item-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP\/\/\/ywAAAAAAQABAAACAUwAOw==\" fifu-lazy=\"1\" 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https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/smartcdn.gprod.postmedia.digital\/financialpost\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/india-canada-1113-ph.jpg?h=96&strip=all&quality=5&sig=Ay9uSYaQ04C4JL-JSMIiCA&ssl=1&w=1024&resize=1024&ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/smartcdn.gprod.postmedia.digital\/financialpost\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/india-canada-1113-ph.jpg?h=96&strip=all&quality=5&sig=Ay9uSYaQ04C4JL-JSMIiCA&ssl=1&w=1280&resize=1280&ssl=1 1280w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/smartcdn.gprod.postmedia.digital\/financialpost\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/india-canada-1113-ph.jpg?h=96&strip=all&quality=5&sig=Ay9uSYaQ04C4JL-JSMIiCA&ssl=1&w=1600&resize=1600&ssl=1 1600w\" alt=\"The High Commission of India in Ottawa. Trade deal talks halted in September after Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said Canada would pursue allegations of a potential link between India's government and the killing of Hardeep Singh Nijjar, a Canadian citizen who headed the Guru Nanak Sikh Gurdwara, outside a Sikh temple in Surrey, B.C.\n\n\" data-src=\"https:\/\/smartcdn.gprod.postmedia.digital\/financialpost\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/india-canada-1113-ph.jpg?h=96&strip=all&quality=80&sig=JBSpz24iPEXmmrk73FWHQQ\" fifu-data-src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/smartcdn.gprod.postmedia.digital\/financialpost\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/india-canada-1113-ph.jpg?h=96&strip=all&quality=5&sig=Ay9uSYaQ04C4JL-JSMIiCA&ssl=1\" srcset=\"https:\/\/smartcdn.gprod.postmedia.digital\/financialpost\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/india-canada-1113-ph.jpg?h=96&strip=all&quality=80&sig=JBSpz24iPEXmmrk73FWHQQ, https:\/\/smartcdn.gprod.postmedia.digital\/financialpost\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/india-canada-1113-ph.jpg?h=192&strip=all&quality=80&sig=XfgCYfSiypwZeDNagkTnWw 2x,\n                                             https:\/\/smartcdn.gprod.postmedia.digital\/financialpost\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/india-canada-1113-ph.jpg?h=288&strip=all&quality=80&sig=LS2cUT5DGweq0hoenh6C2g 3x\" class=\"lazyload\" height=\"96\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"96\"\/><\/picture>\n<p><span class=\"more-topic__item-text-clamp\">Business between Canada and India continues despite tensions<\/span><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li class=\"more-topic__item\" data-carousel-item=\"\"> <picture class=\"more-topic__item-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP\/\/\/ywAAAAAAQABAAACAUwAOw==\" fifu-lazy=\"1\" fifu-data-sizes=\"auto\" 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https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/smartcdn.gprod.postmedia.digital\/nationalpost\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/no0919india.jpeg?h=96&strip=all&quality=5&sig=2DHazRN30fA1t_MLq2qyrg&ssl=1&w=1024&resize=1024&ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/smartcdn.gprod.postmedia.digital\/nationalpost\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/no0919india.jpeg?h=96&strip=all&quality=5&sig=2DHazRN30fA1t_MLq2qyrg&ssl=1&w=1280&resize=1280&ssl=1 1280w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/smartcdn.gprod.postmedia.digital\/nationalpost\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/no0919india.jpeg?h=96&strip=all&quality=5&sig=2DHazRN30fA1t_MLq2qyrg&ssl=1&w=1600&resize=1600&ssl=1 1600w\" alt=\"India's Prime Minister Narendra Modi with Prime Minister Justin Trudeau ahead of the G20 Leaders' Summit in New Delhi on Sept. 9, 2023.\" data-src=\"https:\/\/smartcdn.gprod.postmedia.digital\/nationalpost\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/no0919india.jpeg?h=96&strip=all&quality=80&sig=Eha9EsXlcmBTBi0mb8JhYQ\" fifu-data-src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/smartcdn.gprod.postmedia.digital\/nationalpost\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/no0919india.jpeg?h=96&strip=all&quality=5&sig=2DHazRN30fA1t_MLq2qyrg&ssl=1\" srcset=\"https:\/\/smartcdn.gprod.postmedia.digital\/nationalpost\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/no0919india.jpeg?h=96&strip=all&quality=80&sig=Eha9EsXlcmBTBi0mb8JhYQ, https:\/\/smartcdn.gprod.postmedia.digital\/nationalpost\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/no0919india.jpeg?h=192&strip=all&quality=80&sig=3WVH95CCmi9_ZS5wOfaxoQ 2x,\n                                             https:\/\/smartcdn.gprod.postmedia.digital\/nationalpost\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/no0919india.jpeg?h=288&strip=all&quality=80&sig=wbZUIDyDpY0Sb1px0OSHDw 3x\" class=\"lazyload\" height=\"96\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"96\"\/><\/picture>\n<p><span class=\"more-topic__item-text-clamp\">As Trudeau investigates India, trade policy hangs in balance<\/span><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p><button aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"more-topic__button-next\" data-carousel-next=\"\" tabindex=\"-1\" title=\"next\" type=\"button\"\/><\/section>\n<p>Canada also faces a potentially very turbulent situation on the horizon \u2014 the possible re-election of Trump, whose first term in the White House sparked a marked deterioration in relations between Canada and its closest ally.<\/p>\n<p>In interviews in Ottawa, multiple officials and foreign policy experts said Canada is fretting about the prospect of Trump. When pressed on how the country was preparing for that possibility, Joly is extremely diplomatic. \u201cWe\u2019ve been always able to work with the administration of the day. The U.S. is our most important ally and best friend.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><em>\u00a9 2023 The Financial Times Ltd.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/section>\n<section class=\"article-content__content-group article-content__content-group--story\">\n<p>Article content<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<section class=\"article-content__share-group article-delimiter\" data-evt-val=\"{\" control_fields=\"\" data-evt-typ=\"page_scroll\">\n<p>Share this article in your social network<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<\/div>\n\n<br \/>How geopolitics caught up with Canada<\/a><br \/>\n<br \/>2023-11-27 15:18:17<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Breadcrumb Trail Links News Financial Times Economy Canada once saw itself as nearly immune from world&#8217;s problems but is now immersed in standoffs with India, China Author of the article:&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":41171,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/f90f4d3897ea8b2a0fa40a23bed95d16?s=70&d=mp","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[31],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-41170","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-economy"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.pantheregroup.com\/api\/wp\/v2\/posts\/41170","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.pantheregroup.com\/api\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.pantheregroup.com\/api\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.pantheregroup.com\/api\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.pantheregroup.com\/api\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=41170"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.pantheregroup.com\/api\/wp\/v2\/posts\/41170\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.pantheregroup.com\/api\/wp\/v2\/media\/41171"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.pantheregroup.com\/api\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=41170"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.pantheregroup.com\/api\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=41170"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.pantheregroup.com\/api\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=41170"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}