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Security Council seat: That includes looking towards a bid for the UN Security Council," Trudeau said, according to CTV. In 2010, Canada lost its bid for a two-year council term to Portugal, even though it held a seat at the table off and on for six decades. At a news conference in Ottawa, Trudeau said he has indicated to Ban that Canada wants to re-engage robustly with the United Nations and the global community. Critics blamed the historic loss on Stephen Harper Conservative government, saying that it failed to make a strong bid. The loss of the Security Council seat, I think, was indicative that the contempt that the Canadian government was manifesting for the UN was being reciprocated by the UN members, Heinbecker said on CTV Power Play Thursday. Paul Heinbecker, a former Canadian ambassador to the UN, said Canada frosty relationship with the organization dates back to 2006 when a Canadian peacekeeper was killed during the Israeli-Lebanese war. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.