"Make no mistake about it, in our country there is a very significant historical struggle going on, about whether we move forward or the clock is turned back," said Clinton.Īnd she said some of that debate is being fuelled by misinformation and disinformation campaigns, including by politicians who have started to see democracy as a nuisance to getting what they want. Supreme Court overturned the Roe v Wade abortion rights ruling that allowed for legal abortions.
"The single strongest message of deterrence we can send to China is a decisive Ukrainian victory that says to all the world's dictators, 'You know what, democracy is prepared to fight back and democracy can actually win."'Ĭlinton also brought with her warnings that Canada will not be immune to the attempts to turn back the clock on human rights, and in particular, reproductive rights, that are happening in the United States. The only solution, she said, is Ukraine has to win and that means like-minded nations must send everything they can to Ukraine to help them do that.įreeland agreed and said it's not just about Russia. "And the message Putin took from that was that he can get away with invading other countries and interfere with elections and buy his way to influence all in his great quest to restore Russian greatness." Then he invaded Ukraine the first time in 2014, "and again it was 'Oh my gosh, we wish he wouldn't do, it's really fortunate, but we've got other things we've got to focus on, other places that we have to pay attention to."' Think of the lesson Putin took from that." "We, you know, expressed our absolute opposition, but nobody really did much. Capital Dispatch: Sign up for in-depth political coverage of Parliament HillĬlinton was sharing a stage with Deputy Prime Minister Chrystia Freeland for a wide-ranging discussion that heavily focused on the threats to democracy and human rights in both Canada and the United States.Ĭlinton said when Russian President Vladimir Putin invaded Georgia in 2008, "we all sat him down, we gave speeches about it."."It is in our interest to stop them," Clinton said, as a keynote speaker at the Liberal policy convention in Ottawa. secretary of state Hillary Clinton said Friday in Ottawa.Īnd failing to stop Russia now would also be "disastrous in terms of unleashing Chinese aggression," she said.
Russia's current invasion in Ukraine happened because the world didn't do enough to respond when they did it before, former U.S.
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