Gentile: A Canadian compromise could win UN Security Council seat

Canadians like to think of ourselves as global good guys: inventors of UN peacekeeping, supporters of multilateralism, human rights and the rule of law. Our flirtation with being global climate pariahs ended when we acceded to the Paris Climate Agreement in 2015. We welcome refugees fleeing persecution. We’re the ninth-largest donor country in net U.S. dollars and the eighth-largest donor of programs promoting or integrating gender equality, according to the OECD. So when we decide to camp