NEW YORK – For years Prime Minister Stephen Harper’s attitude towards the United Nations has at least appeared to be one of high-handed dismissiveness, if not contempt.
When he shunned the General Assembly last year — preferring instead to attend the opening of a Tim Hortons outlet in Toronto — some regarded his absence as the final insult. A founding member of the UN, Canada had become somewhat of a pariah.
So when after a four-year absence he finally put doughnut diplomacy aside and showed up this week to deliver his country’s annual address on the world’s most august international stage, heads …read more
Source: canada.com
