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BookCanada looks South: in search of an Americas policy

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This collection of essays presents an overview of Canada's policies toward Latin America and the Caribbean in the hopes of persuading the Canadian government and its citizens to commit to a more sustained, engaged, and responsible policy toward the region. Individual chapters include attention to security, trade, and political concerns as well as Canada's bilateral relations with Brazil, CARICOM, Central America, Chile, Colombia, Cuba, Haiti, Honduras, Mexico, and Venezuela.

Introduction: Canada and the Americas : there's still much to discover / James Rochlin -- The most challenging of links? Canada and inter-American security / Hal Klepak -- Canada's trade engagement with the Americas : swimming with or against the tide? / Ricardo Grinspun and Jennifer Mills -- Canada and the democratic charter : lessons from the coup in Honduras / Maxwell A. Cameron and Jason Tockman -- Canada-Mexico relations : moving beyond 65 years of stunted growth / Duncan Wood -- Through sun and ice : Canada, Cuba, and fifty years of 'normal' relations / Peter McKenna and John M. Kirk -- Canadian assistance to Haiti : some sobering snags in a fragile-state approach / Yasmine Shamsie -- Canada-CARICOM relations : beyond the trade agenda? / Ramesh Chaitoo -- Canada and central America : citizen action and international policy / Stephen Baranyi and John W. Foster -- Canada and Colombia : a rhetorical relationship? / Maria Teresa Aya Smitmans -- Between rhetoric and reality: Canada-Venezuela relations / Lesley M. Burns -- The current paradox in Brazil-Canada relations and the path forward / W.E. (Ted) Hewitt -- Canada-Chile relations : assessing a key bilateral relationship / Roberto Durán.

"Recent events in the western hemisphere have led to a dramatic shift in the strategic and political importance of Latin America. But with relations still cool between the United States and Cuba, and Venezuela becoming more distant every day, there is considerable potential for Canada - with its longstanding commitment to constructive engagement - to forge mutually beneficial relations with these nations as well as rising industrial and economic players such as Mexico and Brazil. In Canada Looks South, experts on foreign policy in Canada and Central America provide a timely exploration of Canada's growing role in the Americas and the most pressing issues of the region. Starting with the historical scope of the bilateral relationship, the volume goes on to cover such subjects as trade engagement, democratization, and security. As current and future Canadian governments embrace expanding linkages with this region, this collection fills a significant gap in scholarship on Canadian-Latin American relations"--Pub. desc.
Includes bibliographical references and index.