Values Chaos

Mark Carney was sworn in as the 24th Prime Minister of
Canada on March 14, 2025 with credentials that
outshone virtually all his predecessors. A few months
later, in a riveting speech to world financial leaders at
Davos, Switzerland, he urged middle powers to band
together to repair the “rupture” in the world order. Time
magazine named him one of the 100 most influential
persons in the world.
Carney dramatically increased Canada’s military
spending, but what has he done to boost the U.N.
agenda for peace? Where does he stand on the great
issues of war and peace in our turbulent times? What
has been the cost of fending off the avaricious U.S.
President Donald Trump? Former Senator Douglas
Roche, whose previous books include The Human
Right to Peace and Global Conscience, traces Carney’s
approach to peace and security issues.

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Doug Roche’s own experience and devotion to global security issues illuminates his discussion of Carney on the world stage… This timely book deserves wide readership not least, may I suggest, by Prime Minister Carney himself.
—Rt. Hon. Kim Campbell, 19th Prime Minister of Canada

Few can compare with the timeless Douglas Roche, first elected in 1972, in assessing the pros and cons of our political leaders. For shrewd insights into how Mark Carney is reshaping Canada, this is a must read.
—Lawrence Martin, author and Globe and Mail columnist

Timely, urgent, thoughtful and constructive, this is the debate Canadians should be having and the direction Canada should be heading.
—Alex Neve, former Executive Director, Amnesty International Canada and 2025 CBC Massey Lecturer

Roche's book is…a portal to a deeply human future amidst the cacophony, chaos, and conspiracy that mar our lives, individual and social. Prime Minister Carney would be well advised to put it on the top of his must reading list.
—Michael W. Higgins, University President Emeritus, biographer and columnist

Roche applies his deep knowledge of peace issues to scrutinize the baffling – and so far disappointing – mix of policies that Carney has taken as he’s tried to prevent Donald Trump from devouring Canada.
—Linda McQuaig, author and journalist

…prescient and deeply rooted in the fabric of Canadian life. Roche is profoundly a citizen of the world, admired internationally for his consistency in the cause of peace. We need to hear and heed his voice!
—Elizabeth May, Leader, Green Party of Canada