Five years into his term as Canada’s UN Ambassador, Bob Rae says it’s been an incredibly busy time fraught with crises, but that it’s also been a wonderful opportunity.

Since the diplomat, lawyer and former politician took up the position in New York during the pandemic in August 2020, the Afghan government collapsed in August 2021, Russia invaded Ukraine in February 2022 and Hamas attacked Israel leading to the war in Gaza in October 2023. There is also now a record number of displaced people in the world.

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“It’s been an enormously busy time in terms of the crises that happen on an almost daily basis,” Rae says, speaking on the phone from New York.

However, the 77-year-old remains undaunted, enthusiastic and resilient.

He’s just finished a one-year term as the presi

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