Postmedia: Canada spent $1 M trying to get UN Security Council seat

[tuvor]

OTTAWA — The Harper government spent nearly $1 million ferrying diplomats around the world in an unsuccessful bid to shore up support for a Canadian seat on the United Nations Security Council, newly released documents show.

Foreign Affairs officials travelled from the Polynesian island of Tuvalu to the Solomon Islands and dozens of other destinations in an attempt to win backing for membership in the world's most exclusive club.

Documents introduced in the House of Commons this week list 150 trips taken in support of the bid between January 2008 and last October, when United Nations member countries snubbed Canada and instead cast more ballots for Portugal.

It was the first time in 50 years that Canada had failed in an attempt for one of the 10 elected spots on the Security Council.

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[glarius]

1. I guess we're not the only ones who hate Harper...LOL/nt