Honest Broker?
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"That phrase “honest broker” seems to me one of the most dubious of Canadian clichés. I have not once in several decades seen it applied to us by a citizen of some other country."
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"In my experience, it’s one of those compliments many Canadians, and only Canadians, pay to Canada."
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From: Anti-Semitism without Jews in Malaysia - Robert Fulford - National Post - Oct 5, 2012 - online