The main diplomatic objectives the policy statement brings to light is the fostering of the North American partnership, making distinctive contributions to help build a more secure world, promoting and reforming multilateralism to tackle global issues, and finally re-establishing bilateral relationships beyond North America. In order to complete these objectives foreign affairs will be revamped, especially with respect to increased policy capacity, internal restructuring focused on a central North American branch in foreign affairs, establishing a "Stabilization and Reconstruction" task force, and pursuing public diplomacy more aggressively, making sure Canada's voice is clearly heard and understood. Furthermore, the policy states the importance of foreign policy as it affects our food, our health, and our quality of life, giving the example of the SARS outbreak to illustrate the speed and severity of which an international problem can affect Canadian society. Canada-U.S. Foreign affairs, priorities:  · Modernizing security relationship taking into account evolving threats facing North America  · Identifying issues Canada and the U.S. both face  · Promoting further environmental cooperation and  · Getting Canadian messages across more effectively, including using the Canadian secretariat in the Washington embassy  North American diplomatic initiatives:  · Counterterrorism: continue to work with the US combining counterterrorist programs such as the National Counter-Terrorism Center in the U.S. and Canada's integrated threat assessment centre. · The North American Aerospace Defense Command agreement was renewed in 2006, Canada continues to build on NORAD by exploring with the US, new ways to enhance continental security  · Control of the proliferation of WMD's  · Addressing new health threats, such as infectious disease. Building a secure world, priorities:  · Dealing with failed and fragile states  · Countering terrorism and organized crime  · Combatting the proliferation and distribution of WMDs  · Promoting human security  Building a secure world, initiatives:  · Building a task force responsible for quickly determining the extent of crises and how the government should respond based on expertise drawn from across government and the United States  New multilateralism, priorities:  · Focus on advancing democracy through good governance, human rights protection and respect for diversity  · Multilateralism should support more effective sustainable development strategies  · Strengthen international development, such as health policy coordination  New Multilateralism, initiatives:  · Continue strong support for new international Criminal Court and the war for crimes tribunals for Rwanda and former Yugoslavia  · Providing $500,000 for the court's mandate to investigate crimes against humanity, provide $5 million to the high commissioner's office to strengthen monitoring capacity  · Working with international security agencies, especially those in Europe with focus on protecting human rights within member countries  Transformation of Foreign affairs, initiatives:  · Foreign affairs will rebuild their policy capacity and ability  The IPS envisions Foreign affairs as:  · Interpreter of international events and trends,  · Articulating distinctive Canadian international policy,  · Advocating Canada's values abroad,  · Providers of passport services  · Steward of public funds, able to deliver common services abroad  Strengthening Global presence consists of:  · Reconfiguring network of missions in regions of interest such as Asia and the Middle east, partnering with other departments  · Reversing imbalances of officers in Ottawa and missions abroad, enabled by a $42 million grant  · Emphasis on third language training for international environment  · Ensuring Canadian people, embassies and missions are secured in post 9/11 environment, enabled by $52 million grant  · International security, especially concerning failed states, counterterrorism and proliferation of WMD  · Bilateral relations allowing FA to easily move resources between countries and regions based on priorities, promoting "whole-of-Canada" approaches abroad  Five years after the release the IPS has not been a significant factor in guiding Canada's foreign policy, this is due largely to the  shift from liberal to Conservative government, as a result of the federal election of 2006.