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Canada Looks South
In Search of an Americas Policy
Peter McKenna (Author)
9781442611085
Paperback / softback, published 6 December 2012
416 pages, 4 figures
22.7 x 15.3 x 2.5 cm, 0.62 kg
‘Stimulating and insightful book.’
Recent events in the western hemisphere have led to a dramatic shift in the strategic and political importance of Latin America. But with relations still cool between the United States and Cuba, and Venezuela becoming more distant every day, there is considerable potential for Canada – with its longstanding commitment to constructive engagement – to forge mutually beneficial relations with these nations as well as rising industrial and economic players such as Mexico and Brazil. In Canada Looks South, experts on foreign policy in Canada and Central America provide a timely exploration of Canada’s growing role in the Americas and the most pressing issues of the region. Starting with the historical scope of the bilateral relationship, the volume goes on to cover such subjects as trade engagement, democratization, and security. As current and future Canadian governments embrace expanding linkages with this region, this collection fills a significant gap in scholarship on Canadian-Latin American relations.
Contributors Preface 1 Introduction: Canada and the Americas: There’s Still Much to Discover JAMES ROCHLIN (University of British Columbia – Okanagan) 2 The Most Challenging of Links? Canada and Inter-American Security HAL KLEPAK (Royal Military College of Canada) 3 Canada’s Trade Engagement with the Americas: Swimming With or Against the Tide? RICARDO GRINSPUN AND JENNIFER MILLS 4 Canada and the Democratic Charter: Lessons From the Coup in Honduras MAXWELL A. CAMERON AND JASON TOCKMAN 5 Canada-Mexico Relations: Moving Beyond 65 Years of Stunted Growth DUNCAN WOOD (ITAM) 6 Through Sun and Ice: Canada, Cuba and Fifty Years of `Normal’ Relations PETER MCKENNA (University of Prince Edward Island) AND JOHN M. KIRK (Dalhousie University) 7 Canadian Assistance to Haiti: Some Sobering Snags in a Fragile State Approach YASMINE SHAMSIE (Wilfrid Laurier University) 8 Canada-CARICOM Relations: Beyond the Trade Agenda? RAMESH CHAITOO 9 Canada and Central America: Citizen Action and International Policy STEPHEN BARANYI (University of Ottawa) AND JOHN M. FOSTER (The North-South Institute) 10 Canada-Colombia: A Rhetorical Relationship? MARIA TERESA AYA SMITMANS (Universidad Externado de Colombia) 11 Between Rhetoric and Reality: Canadian-Venezuelan Relations LESLEY M. BURNS 12 The Current Paradox in Brazil-Canada Relations and the Path Forward W.E. (TED) HEWITT (University of Western Ontario) 13 Canada-Chile Relations: Assessing a Key Bilateral Relationship ROBERTO DURAN (Catholic University of Chile) Conclusion