Canada's international policy statement five years later

"Canada's publication of an International Policy Statement (IPS) in 2005 was designed to mark the beginning of a new and proactive whole of government engagement in international security and foreign relations. Five years after the publication of the IPS, Canada has returned to a more central role in international affairs, but whether it has been entirely successful, a total failure, or something in between is more open to debate. In the end there can be little doubt that international policy over the next five years must be informed by the lessons of the past and guided by the institutionalization of best practices in helping shape future policy decision making."@en
"Canada's publication of an International Policy Statement (IPS) in 2005 was designed to mark the beginning of a new and proactive whole of government engagement in international security and foreign relations. Five years after the publication of the IPS, Canada has returned to a more central role in international affairs, but whether it has been entirely successful, a total failure, or something in between is more open to debate. In the end there can be little doubt that international policy over the next five years must be informed by the lessons of the past and guided by the institutionalization of best practices in helping shape future policy decision makin."