Multilateral Institutions and Liberal Government

Ban Trudeau: Trudeau wants Canada to play a larger role in the world multilateral institutions and the UN is the largest and, at times, the most controversial, according to CTV. The prime minister has criticized the Harper government for diminishing Canada role at the UN and he has stressed the need to work more closely with the world body. Ban visit will also take him to Montreal, but his Thursday meetings with the prime minister will underline a key foreign policy priority for the new Liberal government, closer ties with the UN. "He represents a very important institution," said Trudeau spokesman Cameron Ahmad. Harper and his ministers engaged the UN on some files, including the maternal, newborn child health initiative, which the Liberals have pledged to carry on. Ban and Trudeau are expected to discuss climate change, the Syrian refugee crisis and the potential for Canada to contribute more to UN peacekeeping. But the Tories were not shy about criticizing the UN for being ineffective, especially when it came to the Syrian civil war. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.