POLS 375 Lecture Notes - Multilateralism
Document Summary
Canada has pledged million in aid for the country. Pearson was instrumental to bringing the un into peacekeeping into international acceptance, and canada participated in it. Peacekeeping fits canada"s desire to work with the un and to see it outside of the. Cold war, as well working with allies and using multilateralism. Furthermore, because we were most influential, we were the first to get phone calls for peacekeepers in the "50s and "60s: today, canada is not a major contributor to peacekeeping missions. The switchover from st. laurent"s liberals to diefenbaker"s progressive. Cyprus becomes independent in 1960 after gaining independence from great. Britain: this will lead to canadian involvement in cyprus, note: cyprus has a long history of being conquered by others, what"s worse for cyprus is its proximity to turkey feels very protective of its.