Stephen Harper’s ‘enlightened sovereignty’ and humanitarian agenda
Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper urged nations to practice “enlightened sovereignty” in his keynote speech to the 2010 Wold Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland.
Notions rooted in a narrow view of sovereignty and national self interest must be reconsidered. We cannot do business as though for one to have more, another must have less. That is not true, it is not just, and it cannot be the path we take.
Our ambition … must be a shared belief that the rising tide of recovery must lift all boats, not just some. This is the exercise of soverignty at its most enlightened.
- Stephen Harper
Related links:
- Stephen Harpers article in the Toronto Star: G8 agenda: Focus on human welfare
- Full video: Stephen Harper’s keynote address at the 2010 World Economic Forum
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