The Fight for a Principled Foreign Policy: Commentary and Select Speeches from my First Year in Parliament - Genuis, Garnett
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Since the 2015 Canadian federal election, Canada has undergone a significant foreign policy shift. We have moved from a foreign policy based on Canadian values to a foreign policy based a particular (and somewhat suspect) reading of Canadian interests. "The Fight for a Principled Foreign Policy" is written by Garnett Genuis, an opposition Conservative MP who has repeatedly made the case for a return to Canada's historic principle-based foreign policy. Such a foreign policy, he contends, must also be grounded in strategy and in an appreciation for Canada's unique capacity to promote…mehr

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Since the 2015 Canadian federal election, Canada has undergone a significant foreign policy shift. We have moved from a foreign policy based on Canadian values to a foreign policy based a particular (and somewhat suspect) reading of Canadian interests. "The Fight for a Principled Foreign Policy" is written by Garnett Genuis, an opposition Conservative MP who has repeatedly made the case for a return to Canada's historic principle-based foreign policy. Such a foreign policy, he contends, must also be grounded in strategy and in an appreciation for Canada's unique capacity to promote international human rights. Canada's foreign policy can be both uncompromising on key principles and strategic in its implementation. For the most part, this book is a collection of Genuis' speeches, with associated explanation and commentary. The speeches cover a wide range of specific topics, including Canada's withdrawal from the fight against Daesh/ISIS, Canada's response to Chinese human rights abuses, Canada's relationship with India and Pakistan, and the relationship between religion and foreign policy. While covering a variety of specific situations and hot spots, these speeches also shape a common narrative about the choice Canada faces. As a country, we can either draw on our own domestic human rights experience to fearlessly promote our values on the international stage, or we can compromise our values in order to pursue the acclaim of nations who do not share our values. Both paths will involve some cost, with regard to either short terms interests or longer term ideals. Genuis analyzes both sides of this choice, and argues passionately that the principle-based approach is the right way to go.
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Garnett Genuis was first elected in 2015 as the Member of Parliament (MP) for Sherwood Park-Fort Saskatchewan. He is a member of Her Majesty's Loyal Opposition, the Conservative Party of Canada caucus, and he serves as Deputy Critic for Human Rights and Religious Freedom. Genuis has developed a reputation as one of the most outspoken Parliamentarians. According to rankings developed by Maclean's Magazine, he spoke over 100,000 words in the Chamber in his first year as an MP. To put that in context, that is more than all three major party leaders combined, and almost double the total of the next most vocal Conservative MP. Many of Genuis' speeches focus on international human rights and foreign affairs. He has been extremely active on these issues, drawing attention to various international human rights challenges and calling for a return to Canada's historic principle-based foreign policy. He is also a frequent contributor to the deliberations of the House of Commons Foreign Affairs Committee. What Maclean's Magazine does not track is the number of words spoken outside the House of Commons. Speaking about foreign affairs and international human rights in university classrooms in India, at rallies on Parliament Hill, and everywhere in between, Genuis has been just as vocal outside the Chamber as inside, if not more. Genuis grew up in his Edmonton-area constituency, where his interest in international human rights was shaped by the influence of his maternal grandmother, a Holocaust survivor. He studied Public Affairs and Policy Management at Carleton University in Ottawa, and then earned a Masters in Public Policy and Philosophy at the London School of Economics in London, England. Before entering politics as an elected representative, Genuis worked as a 'staffer' in the Prime Minister's Office, a writer and editor at a small online news company, a debate coach at an inner-city school in London, and, most recently, as the vice president of a public opinion research company. In 2011, Garnett married Rebecca Lobo, a family doctor and daughter of Pakistani Goan immigrants to Canada. Garnett and Rebecca have two young children. In their spare time, they all play highly competitive games of 'Go Fish' and 'Snakes and Ladders.' Genuis got involved in politics in order to try to make a difference. He contends that the world is rarely changed by those who choose to keep their opinions to themselves.