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OTTAWA — Canada’s most recent ambassador to the UN Security Council says “fear” and not genuine interest is motivating Prime Minister Stephen Harper’s bid for a temporary seat on the prestigious body.
Retired diplomat Paul Heinbecker, now the director of the Laurier Centre for Global Relations at Waterloo’s Wilfrid Laurier University, levels the accusation in a new book that will be published in Canada a week before the United Nations’ 192 member countries decide among Canada, Germany and Portugal in the race for two temporary seats on the …
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