International Policy Statement

The International Policy Statement ( IPS) is a published in April 2005 by the Government of Canada Policy. It is the first comprehensive framework for international policy in Canada, looking at the areas of foreign, development, trade and defense policy as a sequential abzustimmendes whole.

Content

In the IPS sets out the role Canada should play in international events in the future. It is stressed how important it is to revive the North American partnership again and introduce a number of innovations at the international level. Promoting a new multilateralism constitutes the cornerstone of Canadian foreign policy

The explanation approaches in many respects highly numerous positions of the European Security Strategy. The most important challenges she calls the fight against terrorism and organized crime, the stabilization of "failed " and " failing " states (→ weak states ), the tracking of a non-proliferation policy and securing justice and sustainability in the global community.

Relations with Europe are seen for Canada's prosperity and for the success in enforcing its international interests as a key factor. Here, the relationships with major European partners ( Germany, France, Italy and the UK ) is attributed a special significance in the Canadian foreign policy and the European Union is considered as a strategic partner of Canada.

The IPS acknowledges that many global issues need to be solved in cooperation with the European Union and its Member States. It refers to the already existing cooperation, both in the search for effective multilateral solutions in safeguarding global security interests (eg in Ukraine and the Balkans ), in addressing global environmental issues ( overfishing and global climate change) as well as in counter-terrorism and when joint action against the proliferation of weapons of mass destruction.

The statement welcomed the development of a European security and defense policy, which allows Canada to participate in the rejection of common threats and when deployed on peacekeeping and procurement.

The growing importance of the European Union in the world - as a major economic power, coupled with the United States as the largest economy in the world - is clearly presented and recognized in the IPS. Trade and investment in and from Europe will take second place behind the United States in terms of their importance to the Canadian economy and technology base. For this reason, the negotiation of a new funding agreement for trade and investment between Canada and the European Union for the Canadian program of action in this area is considered a priority, as so the full potential of Canada's economic relations can be realized with Europe.