CP: Obama official praises old Liberal world view, as Security Council vote nears

MONTREAL - The Obama administration is heaping praise on some old Liberal ideas about Canada's role on the world stage — policies the Harper Conservatives have been accused of dumping.

Esther Brimmer, the U.S. State Department's assistant secretary for International Organization Affairs, lauded ex-Liberal foreign affairs minister Lloyd Axworthy and his signature "human security" agenda during an exclusive interview with The Canadian Press.

Brimmer also said her government strongly supports a key tenet of Axworthy's old agenda — the "Responsibility to Protect" doctrine, or R2P, that the United Nations endorsed five years ago in an attempt to prevent genocide and protect innocent civilians from abuse by their own political leaders.

Canada struck an international commission a decade ago to write the doctrine and the panel included current Liberal Leader Michael Ignatieff in his academic life before he entered politics.

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http://www.winnipegfreepress.com/canada/breakingnews/obama-official-praises-old-liberal-world-view-as-security-council-vote-nears-104035174.html

I wonder if harper is counting on the U.S. to vote in support of Canada getting the Security Council seat. If so, he may well be VERY disappointed and, to be honest, I hope the U.S. votes for Germany and Portugal as Canada, under the Cons, have done nothing but trash the UN and it's ideals, imo.