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Eugene Lang, Assistant Professor (Continuing Adjunct), School of Policy Studies, Queen's University, Ontario

UNCOVERED: Is canada back on the world stage or irrelevant - The Untold Story

Canadian and German troops take part in a Canadian flag-raising ceremony as the first Canadian troops arrived at a UN base in Gao, Mali, in June 2018. Was the initiative just an exercise in box-checking for Justin Trudeau's government? THE CANADIAN PRESS/Sean Kilpatrick

“Canada is back,” Justin Trudeau proclaimed triumphantly just after being elected prime minister in 2015. The insinuation was that his predecessor, Stephen Harper, had withdrawn Canada from its traditional role in the world and the Liberals would restore our rightful place of leadership in the global firmament.

After seven plus years in office, it’s time to assess the degree to which Trudeau’s rhetoric has been matched with action.

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