Cyprus: Sharing the Canadian experience of living together
This article offers a brief overview of elements of the ‘Canadian experience’ relevant to the situation in Cyprus. The Canadian experience is manifested by shifts in loyalty and approaches to minorities‐majorities relationships. Indeed, Canada, through political discourses, institutions and symbols, has consciously and continually altered its identity over time. Canada has also used federalism as a flexible tool to accommodate overarching national identities as well as geographic size and differences. Today, these objectives are adapted in the context of Indigenous Peoples, their land claims and other modern governance‐related issues. Secondly, the report describes what Cyprus can learn from the Canadian experience and the international framework for a solution to the Cyprus problem. This is achieved by highlighting the external causes of the conflict and the benefits of the rapprochement movement between the Greek Cypriot and the Turkish Cypriot communities.