Lesson 23:

  Canada's Helping Hand

In this lesson, you will learn that foreign policy is the plan for how one nation will interact with other nations. This lesson will explain:

• what is meant by foreign policy and why all nations must have such a policy
• the need for aid and review some specific foreign aid projects in which Canada participates
• that Canada uses negotiation to resolve its own conflicts
• that sometimes Canada is able to influence other nations to bring about change

Key Terms for this lesson:

• foreign policy
• Foreign Affairs Canada
• environmental sustainability
• desertification
• governance
• democracy
• negotiation
• natural resources