Fowler slams Harper's foreign policy Former diplomat accuses Tories of pandering http://www.ottawacitizen.com/news/Fowler+slams+Harper+foreign+policy/2738176/story.html

A former top Canadian diplomat Robert Fowler has slammed Prime Minister Stephen Harper's foreign policy, accusing the Conservatives of pandering to Canadian Jewish voters with a "reckless" Middle East policy that blindly favours Israel.

He also said Canada does not deserve a seat on the United Nations Security Council; that the Afghanistan mission is doomed to failure; and that Canadian politicians nowadays pursue foreign policy goals only to "corner the ethnic vote" in Canada.

"The world does not need more of the kind of Canada they have been getting," Fowler said in a speech in Montreal on Sunday morning. "Canadian governments have turned inward and adopted 'me first' stances across the international agenda; and Canada's reputation and proud international traditions have been diminished as a result."