Anand: Global Affairs called in Israeli ambassador after Canadian killed in Lebanon
OTTAWA -- Foreign Affairs Minister Anita Anand has issued a formal notice to Israel's envoy in Ottawa following the death of a Canadian in Lebanon.
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Ottawa announces 'incremental increase' in direct flights to China
Ottawa has announced an increase in the number of direct flights permitted to bring passengers and cargo to and from China. Transport Minister Steven MacKinnon says there will be "an incremental increase" in flights between the countries in response to Prime Minister Mark Carney's outreach visit to Beijing in January. Canadian and Chinese airlines will be allowed to boost the...
MPs question delay in Taiwan trade framework as diplomat says ball in cabinet's court
OTTAWA -- Conservative and Bloc Quebecois MPs are calling on the Liberals to follow through on a trade co-operation framework with Taiwan after the territory's envoy to Canada said Ottawa halted the process suddenly.
MPs question delay in Taiwan trade framework as diplomat says ball in cabinet's court
Conservative and Bloc Quebecois MPs are calling on the Liberals to follow through on a trade co-operation framework with Taiwan after the territory's envoy to Canada said Ottawa halted the process suddenly. A senior Canadian diplomat said last week it's up to cabinet to decide how to move forward on the agreement, which he suggested is almost ready for a...
Ottawa announces 'incremental increase' in direct flights to China
OTTAWA -- Ottawa has announced an increase in the number of direct flights permitted to bring passengers and cargo to and from China.
Carney pledges regular updates on pivot from U.S. and to 'never sugar-coat' issues
Prime Minister Mark Carney says he plans to regularly update Canadians with a frank assessment of efforts to diversify away from the U.S. In a 10-minute video posted this morning, Carney says Canada's deep economic ties with the U.S. used to be a major strength, but are now a weakness. Carney says it would be wrong to try waiting for...
Carney pledges regular updates on pivot from U.S. and to 'never sugar-coat' issues
OTTAWA -- Prime Minister Mark Carney says he plans to regularly update Canadians with a frank assessment of efforts to diversify away from the U.S.
Finland's president says Canada is on a pragmatic path amid geopolitical tumult
OTTAWA -- Finland's President Alexander Stubb says Canada is doing the right thing by diversifying its trade beyond the U.S. and is in a position to contribute to building a more stable world.
Canada pledges $120M in aid for Sudan as brutal civil war enters fourth year
OTTAWA -- Foreign Affairs Minister Anita Anand announced another $120 million in humanitarian and development aid for Sudan on Wednesday as the African nation's civil war enters its fourth year.
Finland's president says Canada is on a pragmatic path amid geopolitical tumult
Finland's President Alexander Stubb says Canada is doing the right thing by diversifying its trade beyond the U.S. and is in a position to contribute to building a more stable world. In a discussion held by Carleton University in Ottawa today, Stubb says Russia's war in Ukraine stems from Moscow grappling with its declining relevance in the global order. Stubb...
Canada pledges $120M in Sudan aid as brutal civil war enters fourth year
OTTAWA -- Foreign Affairs Minister Anita Anand is announcing $120 million in humanitarian and development aid for Sudan, where she says hunger is being used as a weapon of war.
Finnish president talks diplomacy in visit to Ottawa
OTTAWA -- Finnish President Alexander Stubb made stops at Rideau Hall and a hockey rink during an official visit to Ottawa today.
Advocates urge Ottawa to crack down on slave labour, end yearlong watchdog vacancy
OTTAWA -- A multi-party group of parliamentarians is urging Ottawa to step up its efforts to stop Canadian companies from profiting from slavery in their operations abroad and through imports.
Carney welcomes Hungary vote that shifts stance on Ukraine and democracy
Prime Minister Mark Carney is welcoming Hungary's shift toward supporting Ukraine and liberal democracy as voters ended 16 years of far-right government. Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban conceded defeat on Sunday, after running a government in Budapest that increasingly attacked media freedom, courts and universities. Orban was widely seen as the main impediment to European Union support for Ukraine against...
Carney welcomes Hungary vote that shifts stance on Ukraine and democracy
OTTAWA -- Prime Minister Mark Carney welcomed Hungary's shift toward support for both Ukraine and liberal democracy on Sunday after voters in the European nation ended 16 years of far-right government.
Feminists urge continuing fight of slain Iraqi-Canadian, Yanar Mohammed
OTTAWA -- Gender-equality activists say a Toronto woman who was killed this month after decades pushing for women's rights in her native Iraq would not want Canadians to give up the fight for equality.
Liberal MP Michael Ma sorry after confusion over remarks on forced labour in China
MP Michael Ma, who left the Conservatives to join the Liberals, has apologized after appearing to cast doubt on reports of human rights abuses in China. Ma said he regretted making a mistake with his remarks, while pointing out that he had referred to the southern Chinese city of Shenzhen, and not Xinjiang, where the Communist government has been accused...
Liberal MP Michael Ma sorry after confusion over remarks on forced labour in China
OTTAWA -- MP Michael Ma, who left the Conservatives to join the Liberals, has apologized after appearing to cast doubt on reports of human rights abuses in China.
Floor-crossing Liberal MP Michael Ma casts doubt on reports of forced labour in China
OTTAWA -- An MP who left the Conservatives to join the Liberals is casting doubt on reports of human rights abuses in China's Xinjiang region.
Floor-crossing Liberal MP Michael Ma casts doubt on reports of forced labour in China
OTTAWA -- An MP who left the Conservatives to join the Liberals is casting doubt on reports of human rights abuses in China's Xinjiang region.
Floor-crossing Liberal MP Michael Ma casts doubt on reports of forced labour in China
An MP who left the Conservatives to join the Liberals is casting doubt on reports of human rights abuses in China's Xinjiang region. MP Michael Ma asked an expert during a parliamentary committee hearing Thursday whether she'd seen forced labour with her own eyes. "Have you witnessed forced labour in Xinjiang? Have you witnessed forced labour? Just a short answer...
Global Fund disease czar warns of limits to shifting foreign aid to private capital
OTTAWA -- The head of the world's major funding mechanism for tackling infectious diseases says the Carney government's focus on leveraging private capital for aid will have only a limited impact on the world's most vulnerable people.
Carney: Canada might help vessels sail Strait of Hormuz if there is a ceasefire
Canada might join efforts to ensure ships can move freely through the Strait of Hormuz if there is a ceasefire in the Persian Gulf, Prime Minister Mark Carney said on Thursday. "There are conversations with our NATO partners — some NATO partners — concerning what we can do with a ceasefire, at the moment there is a ceasefire, in order...
Carney: Canada might help vessels sail Strait of Hormuz if there is a ceasefire
OTTAWA -- Canada might join efforts to ensure ships can move freely through the Strait of Hormuz if there is a ceasefire in the Persian Gulf, Prime Minister Mark Carney said on Thursday.
Canada is not planning to reopen embassy in Syria
OTTAWA -- The federal government says it has no plans to reopen its embassy in Syria.
Global Affairs laying off its most skilled diplomats, union says
OTTAWA -- The union representing staff at Global Affairs Canada says the foreign service is laying off dozens of its most skilled diplomats, while asking other envoys moving across continents to wait months for their personal items.
Global Affairs laying off its most skilled diplomats, union says
The union representing staff at Global Affairs Canada says the foreign service is laying off dozens of its most skilled diplomats, while asking other envoys moving across continents to wait months for their personal items. The cuts come as Global Affairs Canada sets out its plans to meet budgetary belt-tightening requirements laid out by Prime Minister Mark Carney last year...
Global Affairs laying off highest-skilled diplomats, union says, as GAC sets targets
OTTAWA -- The union representing staff at Global Affairs Canada says the foreign service is laying off dozens of its highest-skilled diplomats, while asking other envoys moving across continents to wait months for their personal items.
Carney's government admits 'error,' says PM did raise human rights with Xi
OTTAWA -- Prime Minister Mark Carney's office said public servants have corrected information the government tabled in Parliament that suggested he did not "proactively" raise human rights or foreign interference during his visit to Beijing.
Costa Rica looks to Canada to safeguard rules-based trade, democracy in Latin America
Canada can protect rules-based international trade and resist pressure from superpowers by working more with the Americas, shoring up supply chains and strengthening economic ties, Costa Rica's trade minister said on a recent visit to Ottawa. "We share the same vision of the type of world that we would like to live in," Manuel Tovar Rivera said in an interview...
Carney's government admits 'error,' says PM did raise human rights with Xi
Prime Minister Mark Carney's office says public servants are correcting information the government tabled in Parliament that suggested he did not "proactively" raise human rights or foreign interference during his visit to Beijing. Carney met in January with Chinese President Xi Jinping and told reporters at the end of his visit to Beijing that he had spoken with Xi about...
Carney did not 'proactively' raise human rights or foreign interference with Xi: docs
OTTAWA -- Prime Minister Mark Carney did not "proactively" raise human rights or foreign interference with Chinese President Xi Jinping during his Beijing visit in January, the government says.
Costa Rica looks to Canada to safeguard rules-based trade, democracy in Latin America
OTTAWA -- Canada can protect rules-based international trade and resist pressure from superpowers by working more with the Americas, shoring up supply chains and strengthening economic ties, Costa Rica's trade minister said on a recent visit to Ottawa.
Ottawa outlines criteria for helping Gulf nations hit by Iran war
OTTAWA -- The federal government has outlined criteria under which Canada would help partners in the Middle East endangered by the U.S.-Israeli war on Iran.
Ottawa outlines criteria for helping Gulf nations hit by Iran war
The federal government has outlined criteria under which Canada would help partners in the Middle East endangered by the U.S.-Israeli war on Iran. Ottawa has said it is looking at helping Gulf nations and might contribute to efforts to unblock fuel shipments -- but it hasn't explained what this might involve, beyond stressing that it has no intention of joining...
Anand clarifies any role in Iran war role must fit its 'legal and policy frameworks'
OTTAWA -- Foreign Affairs Minister Anita Anand's office is clarifying the conditions under which Canada would get involved in the American and Israeli war against Iran.
Canada has deported only one Iran official -- here's what we know about those efforts
OTTAWA -- The presence in Canada of people who played roles in the Iranian regime has come under increased scrutiny ever since Washington launched a war against Iran last month.
Canada, allies say they're ready to help stop Iran's shipping blockade
OTTAWA -- Prime Minister Mark Carney has endorsed a statement from Canada and its allies expressing their willingness to contribute to efforts to reopen the Strait of Hormuz more than two weeks into the U.S.-Israeli war on Iran.
Critics urge Ottawa to help Inuit resist Chinese surveillance, economic dependence
OTTAWA -- The Carney government is leaving Inuit communities at risk of Chinese surveillance and economic dependence and isn't facing up to the threat China poses to the North, critics say.
French foreign minister suggests Canada could 'maybe ... at some point' join EU
French Foreign Minister Jean-Noel Barrot is openly mulling the idea of Canada seeking membership in the European Union. Speaking at the Europe 2026 conference in Berlin today, Barrot said the European Union is attracting more candidate countries, such as Iceland, and suggested "maybe Canada at some point" will sign up.
French foreign minister suggests Canada could 'maybe ... at some point' join EU
OTTAWA -- French Foreign Minister Jean-Noel Barrot is openly mulling the idea of Canada seeking membership in the European Union.
Anand says Canada's focus in Iran war is on unblocking Strait of Hormuz
Foreign Affairs Minister Anita Anand says she agrees with Prime Minister Mark Carney that the U.S. attack on Iran violates international law -- and so does Iran's blockade of the crucial Strait of Hormuz shipping route. Anand says Canada is looking at how it can support Gulf countries being attacked by Iran as Tehran pushes back on the war launched...
Anand says Canada's focus in Iran war is on unblocking Strait of Hormuz
OTTAWA -- Foreign Affairs Minister Anita Anand said on Tuesday that she agrees with Prime Minister Mark Carney that the United States' attack on Iran violates international law — and so does Iran's blockade of the crucial Strait of Hormuz shipping route.
Israel seeking 'significant change' to how Canada tackles antisemitism
OTTAWA -- Israel is pursuing a sweeping diplomatic and public relations campaign to convince Canada to change the way it tackles acts of antisemitism.
Israel seeking 'significant change' to how Canada tackles antisemitism
Israel is pursuing a sweeping diplomatic and public relations campaign to convince Canada to change the way it tackles acts of antisemitism. From the office of Israel's president down to its ambassador in Ottawa, the message is the same: Canada must do more to curb threats against Jews. But while the country's ambassador is suggesting Ottawa should limit certain "freedoms"...
Israel seeking 'significant change' in how Canada tackles antisemitism
OTTAWA -- Israel is pursuing a sweeping diplomatic and public relations campaign to convince Canada to change the way it tackles acts of antisemitism.
Why Canada is helping Canadians flee the Middle East -- and what it costs
Ever since the U.S. launched its war against Iran on Feb. 28, Foreign Affairs Minister Anita Anand has said her top priority is helping Canadians who want to leave the Middle East. As of Friday, nearly 8,500 Canadians and permanent residents have made it home to Canada from the region, while more than a thousand have left the Middle East...
Why Canada is helping Canadians flee the Middle East -- and what it costs
OTTAWA -- Ever since the U.S. launched its war against Iran on Feb. 28, Foreign Affairs Minister Anita Anand has said her top priority is helping Canadians who want to leave the Middle East.
Mexican official says Canada is 'a fundamental' part of the CUSMA trade bloc
OTTAWA -- As American officials consider cutting separate deals with both countries, Mexico says Canada is a core partner in the continental trade pact known as CUSMA.
Canada promises $37 million in humanitarian aid for civilians in Lebanon
OTTAWA -- The Carney government is promising more than $37 million in humanitarian aid for civilians in Lebanon caught in the crossfire between Israel and Hezbollah.
CP News Alert: Canada promises $37M in humanitarian aid for civilians in Lebanon
OTTAWA -- The Carney government is promising more than $37 million in humanitarian aid for civilians in Lebanon caught in the crossfire between Israel and Hezbollah.
Canada promises $37M in humanitarian aid for civilians in Lebanon
OTTAWA -- The Carney government is promising more than $37 million in humanitarian aid for civilians in Lebanon caught in the crossfire between Israel and Hezbollah.
Canada promises $37M in humanitarian aid for civilians in Lebanon
The Carney government is promising more than $37 million in humanitarian aid for civilians in Lebanon caught in the crossfire between Israel and Hezbollah. Foreign Affairs Minister Anita Anand announced the aid today alongside Randeep Sarai, secretary of state for international development.
Carney travelling to Yellowknife, Norway for defence-focused northern trip
Prime Minister Mark Carney is again heading overseas, this time to Norway to observe NATO Cold Response exercises as Canada deepens ties with Nordic countries. He will stop first in Yellowknife on Thursday. "In this time of global uncertainty, it's really important that we strengthen the co-operation with Canada, with Norway and with the Nordic countries together," Norwegian Ambassador to...
Ottawa considering reopening embassy in Venezuela, where it already employs locals
OTTAWA -- Global Affairs Canada says it's thinking about reopening its embassy in Venezuela, where it already has locals working on the ground in the capital Caracas.
MPs reject bill to close U.S. loophole for arms exports, with some Liberal dissent
OTTAWA -- MPs voted Wednesday to reject a bill that sought to close a loophole in Ottawa's weapons export regime that allows Washington to send Canadian arms to countries that would otherwise be blocked.
MPs to vote on whether to study bill seeking to close U.S. loophole for arms exports
MPs will vote Wednesday afternoon on whether to advance a bill that would close a loophole in Ottawa's weapons export regime that allows Washington to send Canadian arms to countries that would otherwise be blocked. "We are living within a lie with our arms exports," NDP MP Jenny Kwan told a Tuesday press conference. Kwan tabled a private member's bill...
MPs to vote on whether to study bill seeking to close U.S. loophole for arms exports
OTTAWA -- MPs will vote Wednesday afternoon on whether to advance a bill that would close a loophole in Ottawa's weapons export regime that allows Washington to send Canadian arms to countries that would otherwise be blocked.
Minister says more than 7,000 Canadians have fled Middle East
OTTAWA -- Foreign Affairs Minister Anita Anand says more than 7,000 Canadians have left the Middle East since the latest conflict began.
Seven ways the war in Iran could affect Canadians, from grocery costs to terrorism
OTTAWA -- The war Washington launched against Iran could have implications for Canadians' pocketbooks and security.