Commentary Due to a paralyzing lack of fecundity in Canadian foreign policy thinking, there seems to be among certain policymakers and commentators a tendency to make multilateralism into something like a religion. No matter the merits of an institution, if it is “multilateral” it is virtuous, and Canada must be uncritically involved in it. This approach is manifest when it comes to rationalizing Canada’s questionable membership in the Beijing-run Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank. Established by the Chinese Communist Party on Christmas Day 2015, the bank operates as an alternative to the American and European-led World Bank and International Monetary Fund for funding infrastructure projects in countries throughout Asia, Latin America, and Africa. Despite warnings from the Americans about the implications of joining the AIIB, Canada, following the lead of other allies such as Germany and Britain, officially joined in 2018. Solidifying the terms of membership was the Asian Infrastructure Investment …