Paging Ari Fleischer

Glen Pearson talks to Jeffrey Sachs.

Since he travels to 40-50 countries a year, I naturally asked him how Canada was viewed from an international perspective. His comments were insightful … and troubling:

• your country has lost its distinctive voice
• Canada should be the conscience of the continent, but instead we’re just a business partner
• his discussions with many world leaders revealed that Canada had lost its presence - the legacy of Lester Pearson is no more
• Canada has lost its brand
• leaders in Canada have become so enamored with financial markets that they have denied this country’s own historical DNA that saw it as a beacon of peace to the world