Foreign Affairs Minister Anita Anand says she’s heading to the United Nations this fall to outline how Canada plans to implement Prime Minister Mark Carney’s vision for the global stage, as laid out in his famous Davos speech earlier this year.

She said that would include calls for the business community, civil society and the country at large to “ensure that we’re all pulling in the same direction in terms of building Canada strong.”

“Our foreign policy has taken a significant shift from previous iterations of Canada’s foreign policy, owing to the geopolitical environment in which we’re operating, and a ruptured economic order,” she said in a lengthy interview for a bonus episode of iPolitics‘ No Talking Points podcast, which will air next week.

“As a result, and the prime minister laid this out in his speech at Davos, Canada is embracing pragmatic foreign policy infused with our long-standing principles.”

In a speech in January at the World Economic Forum, Carney said Canada would take a pragmatic approach to an increasingly volatile global environment and partner with other middle powers to resist bullying from hegemons.

Carney said Canada would still be guided by core fundamental values, including sovereignty and territorial integrity, and the prohibition of the use of force except when consistent with the UN Charter and respect for human rights.

Although not explicitly mentioned, many saw the speech as a repudiation of U.S. President Donald Trump’s efforts to reshape American foreign policy away from multilateralism and international organizations, in favour of using economic and military might to pursue its own self-interest.

In response, Anand said Canada is changing how it approaches global politics by focusing its diplomatic engagements on how to “build Canada strong and ensure that the domestic economy thrives.”

“I have asked our diplomats to do, and in fact what I am doing myself, is to say wherever we are in the world, let’s ensure that we’re advocating for Canadian commercial interests,” said Anand, who also delivered Canada’s speech at the UN General Assembly last year.

“Let’s make sure that we are diversifying trade supply chains, and let’s make sure that we are paving the way for institutional investors and the broader business community to give back to the Canadian economy.”

It’s an approach Anand said is already proving fruitful.

She cited Pakistan scrapping a ban on Canadian canola after she raised the issue with her Pakistiani counterpart in the fall.

Anand said she also raised concerns about the slow pace in processing permits needed for Canadian mine operators during a recent meeting with the Mexican foreign minister. A week after that meeting, she said she was told the permits had been approved.

“Diplomacy can make a difference,” she said.

“It can make a practical difference, but the ask has to be made, and we are making the asks.”

Stay tuned to iPolitics for the release of the full interview.