POLI 2F12 Lecture Notes - Lecture 20: Multilateralism, Manifest Destiny
4 Dec 2015
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Practitioners say we know it when we see it . All these things could be included in foreign policy: has to be a decision, action plan made by proper government agent. Acts made by cities are not considered part of foreign policy but. Federal government playing a bigger role on global scale. Ex/ climate summit going on in canada, trudeau brought primers and. Don"t include nongovernmental organizations or rouge actors. Geopolitical core: has global reach and more concerned with politics rather than specific issues. We were settled as colonies and members of uk. Canada did not have own foreign policy until 1931. Largest trade partner of the time: relationship with and proximity to usa. Idea that it was the obvious outcome that america would spread across north america. Canadians feared americans would take our land. Drove us to be more dependent on uk for protection. Also drove us to be more compliant with usa.
