Cory Morgan: Liberals’ Pending Indo-Pacific Plan Will Fall Short if Main Focus Is Climate Agenda
Commentary
The Indo-Pacific zone is fast becoming one of the most powerful geopolitical regions on the planet. A hostile communist China is growing increasingly belligerent, while those hoping to counter its force are forming partnerships with regional powers like India. Every country with coastal access to the region is impacted by it and has come up with plans and strategies for dealing with China’s growing political and economic might.
Every country besides Canada, that is.
Canada has 27,000 kilometres of coastline along the Pacific Ocean, and two-thirds of Canada’s GDP is based on international trade. If any country should be taking developments in the Indo-Pacific region seriously it’s Canada, yet our foreign affairs department appears to be treating the zone as an afterthought….