The Next Eleven – A Mixed Picture for Canada

Published March 10, 2010

In December 2005, global investment bank Goldman Sachs identified 11 developing countries that are likely to emerge as economic and political leaders that could rival even the BRIC countries of Brazil, Russia, India and China.

When Lawrence Cannon was appointed foreign minister in October 2008, Department of Foreign Affairs officials prepared a briefing package for him that included strategies for dealing...