{"version":"1.0","provider_name":"EWB Canada","provider_url":"https:\/\/www.ewb.ca\/en\/","author_name":"lyanasanpedro","author_url":"https:\/\/www.ewb.ca\/en\/author\/lyanasanpedro\/","title":"UNSC Op-Ed - EWB Canada","type":"rich","width":600,"height":338,"html":"<blockquote class=\"wp-embedded-content\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ewb.ca\/en\/news-and-events\/news\/unsc-oped\/\">UNSC Op-Ed<\/a><\/blockquote>\n<script type='text\/javascript'>\n<!--\/\/--><![CDATA[\/\/><!--\n\t\t\/*! This file is auto-generated *\/\n\t\t!function(c,d){\"use strict\";var e=!1,n=!1;if(d.querySelector)if(c.addEventListener)e=!0;if(c.wp=c.wp||{},!c.wp.receiveEmbedMessage)if(c.wp.receiveEmbedMessage=function(e){var t=e.data;if(t)if(t.secret||t.message||t.value)if(!\/[^a-zA-Z0-9]\/.test(t.secret)){for(var r,a,i,s=d.querySelectorAll('iframe[data-secret=\"'+t.secret+'\"]'),n=d.querySelectorAll('blockquote[data-secret=\"'+t.secret+'\"]'),o=0;o<n.length;o++)n[o].style.display=\"none\";for(o=0;o<s.length;o++)if(r=s[o],e.source===r.contentWindow){if(r.removeAttribute(\"style\"),\"height\"===t.message){if(1e3<(i=parseInt(t.value,10)))i=1e3;else if(~~i<200)i=200;r.height=i}if(\"link\"===t.message)if(a=d.createElement(\"a\"),i=d.createElement(\"a\"),a.href=r.getAttribute(\"src\"),i.href=t.value,i.host===a.host)if(d.activeElement===r)c.top.location.href=t.value}}},e)c.addEventListener(\"message\",c.wp.receiveEmbedMessage,!1),d.addEventListener(\"DOMContentLoaded\",t,!1),c.addEventListener(\"load\",t,!1);function t(){if(!n){n=!0;for(var e,t,r=-1!==navigator.appVersion.indexOf(\"MSIE 10\"),a=!!navigator.userAgent.match(\/Trident.*rv:11\\.\/),i=d.querySelectorAll(\"iframe.wp-embedded-content\"),s=0;s<i.length;s++){if(!(e=i[s]).getAttribute(\"data-secret\"))t=Math.random().toString(36).substr(2,10),e.src+=\"#?secret=\"+t,e.setAttribute(\"data-secret\",t);if(r||a)(t=e.cloneNode(!0)).removeAttribute(\"security\"),e.parentNode.replaceChild(t,e)}}}}(window,document);\n\/\/--><!]]>\n<\/script><iframe sandbox=\"allow-scripts\" security=\"restricted\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ewb.ca\/en\/news-and-events\/news\/unsc-oped\/embed\/\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" title=\"&#8220;UNSC Op-Ed&#8221; &#8212; EWB Canada\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" class=\"wp-embedded-content\"><\/iframe>","description":"108 vs. 130 and 128. This was Canada\u2019s vote count after the June 17th United Nations Security Council (UNSC) vote against Norway and Ireland. The five-year campaign to get Canada back on the security council has ultimately failed, just shy of 20 votes. We as Canadians had high hopes, hoping to return to the table to help influence global policy to pave a better path forward. But Norway and Ireland\u2014both of whom were campaigning nearly a decade before Canada jumped onto the campaign path\u2014had crafted a much more forward-looking and coherent foreign policy, have provided larger amounts to foreign international development compared to Canada, and have been more present and involved in UN-related discussions, especially in the area of peacekeeping. However, as with any failure, there\u2019s an opportunity to take this as a lesson and learn from our mistakes. Prior to this vote, foreign policy hardly ever broke the top 10 priorities for Canadian voters based on a recent article written by CounterPunch Magazine. However, in recent days more Canadians were disheartened by the loss of the UNSC vote and have gone as far as creating a campaign through the Canadian Foreign Policy Institute (CFPI) urging Prime Minister Trudeau to fundamentally reassess Canadian foreign policy. One of the beliefs behind the loss is Canada\u2019s over reliance on Washington to drive foreign policy and falling in lockstep with their positions and stances. This was a failure that was highlighted back in 2010 with the Stephen Harper bid for a UNSC seat which ultimately failed. The clear signal that global leaders are sending to Canada is that Canada needs to find its identity once again. We were once seen as a peacekeeping nation, a pluralist society, a country that was proud of our ability to stand for what was right and to [&hellip;]","thumbnail_url":"https:\/\/www.ewb.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/Copy-of-Concordia_ChampagneParty1.jpg","thumbnail_width":1600,"thumbnail_height":1066}