Carlo Dade, director of international policy at the University of Calgary School of Public Policy:“Now that the writ has been dropped, there will be little time for any foreign policy changes. That situation should not change much if Carney wins a general election. The United States will occupy most available bandwidth, and this summer’s G7 leaders’ summit in Alberta still lacks an agenda three months out. It’s hard to see a Carney government simply carrying forward with an agenda from his—now universally despised—predecessor as the first international statement for a new government. Other foreign policy changes will take time. The current government has made a ‘generational commitment’ to strengthening ties with the Indo-Pacific, on which there is wide consensus. This is unlikely to change. And the foreign ministry has announced significant budget cuts over the coming years. All this limits capacity for new initiatives. Lacking evidence to the contrary…”