"Former prime minister Joe Clark says he can't understand why the Harper government would bar the opposition from a delegation to Ukraine and suggests its combative approach to international issues sometimes hurts the country.
Speaking to a U.S. audience, Clark, who also served as foreign affairs minister, said he regularly involved opposition parties on foreign missions — and Canada benefited as a result."
He cited one example in particular: his co-operation with former NDP MP Dan Heap. Clark said the Mulroney government was on the outs with some key left-wing actors in Central America, and the Toronto New Democrat helped establish valuable connections through his NGO contacts.
"Let me tell you what we did: we involved opposition parties regularly in activities overseas. We relied on them, heavily," Clark said.
"I do not understand why there is this exclusion of parliamentarians (in Ukraine) — if it happened."
http://www.huffingtonpost.ca/2014/02/27/joe-clark-stephen-harper-keystone_n_4868110.html
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