Canada's Announcements
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau took part in this year's summit of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN), including the ASEAN-Canada Commemorative Summit on November 12, where he made several announcements about how Canada will work with ASEAN in the coming period. Financially, they amount to $333.08 million in commitments.
A notable theme of the announcements is the repeated attempts by the Trudeau government to give itself credibility as a "feminist" government, as part of the imperialist practice of imposing so-called universal values on other peoples and nations. In such a scenario, Canada is offering its "expertise in promoting gender equality and ensuring the integration of intersecting identities which impact those most at risk of being left behind" and about "ensuring women can participate equally with men in decision-making, including in matters of peace and security." Where exactly Canada's credentials on such matters come from is anyone's guess. Working people who fight to affirm their rights everyday can attest that in Canada women's rights are not provided with a guarantee, and that all except the cartel parties and the factions of the ruling elite they represent are excluded from decision-making power in all matters that affect them, especially women.
Trudeau's participation is in keeping with Canada's shifting emphasis in its foreign policy in Asia toward the Indo-Pacific region, with several of the announcements denoted as being part of its Indo-Pacific Strategy (IPS), that at that time had yet to be revealed. In doing so, the Trudeau government is following the U.S. lead, with the aim of serving the international financial oligarchy and their need to confront and isolate China and seek dominant advantage over others in a region they refer to as "the fastest growing economic region in the world."
This article was published in
Volume 52 Number 8 - November 2022
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