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Japan can be Canada’s partner in combatting COVID

Canada has maintained a diplomatic relationship with Japan for more than 90 years, but that relationship remains underdeveloped. The current global environment has both created new opportunities to engage with one another and has made collaboration even more urgent.

Foreign Affairs Minister François-Philippe Champagne, pictured July 22, 2020, on the Hill. In the absence of American leadership, Canada needs to redouble its focus on key bilateral relationships. Traditional allies like the United Kingdom, France, and Australia will remain key. However, our low-profile relationship with Japan offers considerable opportunity for stepping up collaboration to the benefit of both countries, writes Perrin Beatty. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

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BY PERRIN BEATTY
August 13, 2020

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