j reacts to the idea of canada on the united nations security council

why? so we can vote with the americans on every issue? and, think about what might happen if we don't. we should be avoiding this....there's better ways to have influence than to baldly challenge the hegemon.

http://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/justin-trudeau-united-nations-security-council-1.3764441

also, it would be useful to acknowledge that the rise of all of this xenophobia is a consequence of the failure of the free trade regime, rather than pretend the answer is more of the problem.