Reinventing Canada for the Twenty-first Century
Notes for remarks for the University of Toronto Lecture Series
Deborah Coyne – March 8, 2007

Today, all politics is global. The key to Canada’s future and the future of the planet involves Canada’s role in the world and the world in Canada….Yet Canada’s influence and effectiveness on the international stage depends on maintaining our internal coherence and stability, ensuring environmental preservation coincides with economic prosperity, and strengthening our commitment to greater equity and economic and social justice. We must have our act together at home, and implement domestic policies which attract world-wide respect, if we are to have credibility and a knowledge base from which to act internationally.

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