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Canada has 'vital' stake in Ukraine outcome but has 'no currency or heft' to mediate: experts

https://theprovince.com/news/world/canada-has-vital-stake-in-ukraine-outcome-but-has-no-currency-or-heft-to-mediate-experts

…“When you control the narrative, you can say whatever you want … the public will go along with what you say, especially on foreign affairs.”

Shimooka counters Canada’s positioning of itself as a mediator in the conflict, saying nobody’s looking to us as any credible voice of reason.

“There’s always been the impulse within Canada to be a constructive-middle-ground peacemaker, but Canada has no currency or heft to undertake that kind of role,” he said.

“We’re not considered a big player, no matter what our government tries to tell us.”