Bob Rae is a Canadian politician and diplomat. He was Canada’s ambassador to the United Nations from 2020 to 2025. Before that, Rae was premier of Ontario from 1990 to 1995 and interim leader of Canada’s Liberal Party from 2011 to 2013.
Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney’s speech at Davos drew much attention. Broadly, he said powerful countries are ignoring rules, bullying smaller states and using trade as a weapon, stating: ‘We’re living in the midst of a rupture in the world order, not merely a transition.’ What difference will that speech make?
