POL 347 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Democratic Security, Hard Power, Middle Power
7 Jan 2016
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2nd question geographical capacity, there is increased space between peoples compared to the density as seen in the us. Physical space of canada; doesn"t border other countries. Ministers, prime minister, corporations (influencing trade agreements), civil society groups non-state voluntary actors (ie: ngos, church, citizen protestors) Example: nafta commission on environmental co-operation vs. canadian gov"t. Ministry of environment says canada does not have to get involved, with mexico and us deciding if the commission of environment is necessary/not necessary for investigation. Canada has to make a foreign policy decision when the us, un, or nato does. A lot of these issues cross the boundaries b/w external, governmental, social. Consensus is that canada is a middle power: because of this, canada should collaborate to build alliances and work with other countries and institutions, no hard power, but rather soft power and using ideals to exercise. Canada as a principle power: don"t need cooperation w/ other states but we have ability to.
