Canada's International Cop Out: Former Head of Ontario Provincial Police Named Minister of International Co-operation
Submitted on July 23, 2012
By Dawn Paley - July 19, 2012
On July 4, Prime Minister Stephen Harper appointed Julian Fantino, the former head of the Ontario Provincial Police, as his new Minister of International Cooperation. The arrival of an ex-cop at the top of Canada's international development portfolio seems like a fitting symbol for the overall direction of Canadian foreign policy during the Harper government's reign.
