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Is the political machinery of government killing idealism?

Has Bob Rae been reined in and become a bureaucrat? Has Marc Garneau the astronaut become Garneau the politician?

Foreign Affairs Minister Marc Garneau, left, and Bob Rae. Can Garneau actually break through the stranglehold his own government has put on key security issues well identified by the UN? Why has Rae, the much-acclaimed Canadian ambassador to the UN who entered the post with bold statements of justice for the tragic numbers of refugees in the world and dramatic action for climate change, toned down his vision, writes Douglas Roche. The Hill Times photographs by Andrew Meade

Opinion
BY DOUGLAS ROCHE
October 4, 2021

Opinion | BY DOUGLAS ROCHE | October 4, 2021

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