Carney says Canada drops talk of ‘feminist foreign policy’ but upholds values

Prime Minister Mark Carney says Canada no longer has a feminist foreign policy , but still wants to uphold values on the world stage that include LGBTQ+ rights and combatting violence against women.

“Yes we have that aspect to our foreign policy. But I wouldn’t describe our foreign policy as feminist foreign policy,” Carney said at a Sunday news conference during the G20 summit in Johannesburg.

His comments illustrate a shift in rhetoric from the government of Justin Trudeau, which repeatedly called itself a feminist government. Trudeau had published a feminist foreign-aid policy, and his government declared having a feminist foreign policy, though it never published a document outlining how that operates.

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