As ambassadors seek answers from Poilievre, Tory caucus offers foreign policy hints
OTTAWA — Ambassadors around Ottawa are looking for clues to decipher the Conservative Party's foreign policy, as leader Pierre Poilievre offers few hints of how he'd approach the world stage as prime minister.
Keller, who was chief of staff to former Conservative foreign minister John Baird, said it's common for embassies to seek out party leaders of all stripes, and for opposition leaders to be harder to reach until an election is imminent. Chong has called on Ottawa to expel diplomats from countries such as China and Russia in response to their alleged meddling in democratic processes and diaspora communities.
Lantsman suggested Canada could be a member of fewer international groups while ramping up its involvement in a select few, though she did not specify which:"You've got to pick the tables that you that you sit at more carefully." Keller said those bits and pieces of policy put Poilievre's team into alignment with previous leader Erin O'Toole, who vowed in the 2021 election campaign to"replace virtue-signalling with a real international agenda" that takes a harder line at the United Nations against dictatorships. O'Toole's platform also suggested bolstering trade with Africa and bettering Arctic collaboration with the U.S.
But on issues that matter to European ambassadors in Ottawa, Poilievre himself has said little — and that's causing some anxiety. The lack of a clear commitment to Canada's existing climate agreements has particularly concerned European allies, even if the Liberals have fallen short of their own pledges.
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