Jeremy Kinsman

I'm Peter Donolo in Toronto.

Jeremy Kinsman's also in Toronto today, and Louise Blais is in Quebec City.

When Russia invaded Ukraine in February of 2022, much of the world expected a swift, if appalling and heartbreaking, victory for the stronger country.

Of course, over the past four, almost five years, things have turned out very differently.

Let's get into it.

Local retired diplomat Jeremy Kinsman is somebody we love to talk to from time to time to weigh in on all these things based on all of his experience.

So, so we're gonna get him up on the line right now.

Sir, how you doing?

And, and, a- and, and that's what's, what's coming out in the election.

It's not [laughs] because of us, God knows.

Getting a take from Jeremy Kinsman.

He's a retired diplomat right here in Victoria, uh, weighing in on what he's seeing in the Canada-US relations, and a couple of rocky moments, uh, kind of flaring up over the last couple of days.

Welcome to the Red Passport Podcast.

I'm Jeremy Kinsman in Victoria.

Louise Blais is in Quebec City and Peter Donolo is in Toronto.

In today's episode, we're going to go farther south than usual, this time to Latin America.

The events of the last two years and call them Trump okay have focused everybody on the value of this relationship.

Jeremy Kinsman served as Canada's ambassador to the European Union in the early 2000s.

He says Canada has always wanted deeper ties but now Europe is signaling it's ready.

In terms of education, engineering, ethics, the business system of meritocracy and stuff They're very much like us.