Canada's late start in campaigning for the United Nations Security Council led to its defeat to Norway and Ireland, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said Thursday.
Trudeau said Wednesday's loss will not deter Canada's engagement on the international stage on issues such as climate change and gender equality."But the reality was, coming in five years later than them gave us a delay that we unfortunately weren't able to overcome. I was hoping we would, and we certainly worked hard to do it."
Those countries both narrowly secured the required two-thirds support of the 192 voting members of the UN General Assembly on Wednesday's first ballot, while Canada fell short. The prime minister also said the campaign allowed Canada to deepen relationships across the globe and he said the country will remain engaged as the world faces unprecedented challenges to international institutions, which include the UN.
Bloc Quebecois Leader Yves-Francois Blanchet said Thursday the defeat was part of a larger trend in a foreign policy that has failed to get results. That includes not yet securing the release of the flight recorders from January's shooting down by Iran of an airliner with dozens of Canadians aboard, the deterioration in relations with China and continued arms sales to Saudi Arabia."It has stained Canada's international prestige.
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