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OTTAWA, Ont. Canadas man at the United Nations, Bob Rae, is a diplomat who is calling it like he sees it these days.
We know [the Russians] are lying because their lips are moving, he recently told a Canadian Broadcasting Corporation interviewer.
Rae, a former social democrat premier of Ontario who later served as interim leader of the federal Liberal Party, brings a politician's instincts to his perch in New York City. He has the trust of the Prime Minister's Office and a wide berth to speak his mind extemporaneously. One of his former colleagues at the U.N., Louise Blais, tells POLITICO he's the right man for the job at the right time as global leaders reckon with Russia's war on Ukraine.
POLITICO spoke with Rae on Tuesday, just after Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy addressed a joint session of Canada's Parliament. The ambassador reflected on Ukraine's desperate need for more military assistance, where the conversations that matter most are happening, and what the U.N. can do about it.
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