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OTTAWA -- Canada's envoy to the European Union says Brussels removed language about ratifying the decade-old trade deal from a joint statement issued at the end of the summit in Montreal last week.
Ghana's head of state praised Canada this week for advocating against what he called a "rigged global system" that keeps African countries trapped by debt and mired in climate chaos. His comments come as Canadian officials confirm Ottawa will appoint a new Africa envoy, months after leaving the post vacant. "Canada has a favourable disposition towards the Global South," Ghana's...
OTTAWA -- Ghana's head of state praised Canada this week for advocating against what he called a "rigged global system" that keeps African countries trapped by debt and mired in climate chaos.
Beijing and Ottawa are extending a January agreement to provide Chinese market access to Canadian imports in exchange for Canadian market access for Chinese steel and aluminum. The news comes as one of China's most important officials prepares to visit Vancouver and Prime Minister Mark Carney plans to return to China later this month. In March, China dropped tariffs on...
OTTAWA -- One of China's most important officials will visit Vancouver next week as both countries look to deepen trade ties.
OTTAWA -- Prime Minister Mark Carney will circle the Earth next week as he attends four global summits in eight days.
OTTAWA -- The United Nations' global head of humanitarian issues is praising Canada for helping the world's most vulnerable even as he calls for accountability for the wars driving suffering worldwide.
OTTAWA -- Experts in European Union policy say Canada should try solidifying gains with the EU in legal frameworks, particularly as talk of becoming an EU "associate member" continues to cause confusion.
Experts in European Union policy say Canada should try solidifying gains with the EU in legal frameworks, particularly as talk of becoming an EU "associate member" continues to cause confusion. Academics studying EU relations testified Monday to the House foreign-affairs committee, after a summit in Montreal last week. Canadian and European officials praised the plan as a historic partnership. The...
OTTAWA -- Experts in European Union policy say Canada should try solidifying gains with the EU in legal frameworks as right-wing movements gain ground on the continent.
Foreign Affairs Minister Anita Anand says Russia should not have attended a G20 meeting the U.S. hosted on Friday, but she still used the opportunity to make a point to Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov. "I was sitting at a table directly across from Sergei Lavrov and I looked him in the eye," she told The Canadian Press on Friday. "I...
OTTAWA -- Foreign Affairs Minister Anita Anand says Russia should not have attended a G20 meeting the U.S. hosted on Friday, but she still used the opportunity to make a point to Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov.
OTTAWA -- Canada's new partnership with the European Union is meant to provide benefits to people on both continents.
Canada has again voted at the United Nations to oppose the U.S. embargo on Cuba as Havana accuses Washington of running a campaign of coercion to sway the vote. In a vote of 130-17 with 25 abstentions, the UN General Assembly today condemned the economic embargo for the 34th year in a row. The number of countries voting against the...
OTTAWA -- Canada has again voted at the United Nations to oppose the U.S. embargo on Cuba as Havana accuses Washington of running a campaign of coercion to sway the vote.
OTTAWA -- Weeks ago, the government of Prime Minister Mark Carney promised to ban imports of products from Israeli settlements in the West Bank.
The European Union is working more closely with Canada on creating, stockpiling and researching vaccines as the United States pulls back, says a senior official from Brussels. "Our production, research and development capabilities, and how we communicate about our existing (vaccine) stock, are extremely sensitive matters," European Crisis Management Commissioner Hadja Lahbib said in a French-language interview Monday in Ottawa...
The British government has turned down Ottawa's attempts to have it join the international Defence, Security and Resilience Bank, though London says it will work in lockstep with Canada to meet NATO spending targets. The DSRB is meant to reduce borrowing costs for military spending by pooling credit strength among allies. Canada has tried for months to convince
OTTAWA -- The British government has turned down Ottawa's attempts to have it join the international Defence, Security and Resilience Bank, though London says it will work in lockstep with Canada to meet NATO spending targets.
Havana is urging Ottawa not to drop its public opposition to the decades-long U.S. embargo as Washington ramps up pressure on countries supporting Cuba. "We are confident that Canada will stay with us, as they have done in the past," Cuban Ambassador to Canada Rodrigo Malmierca Diaz told The Canadian Press. "The blockade and this intensification is, in practice, killing...
OTTAWA -- Havana is urging Ottawa not to drop its public opposition to the decades-long U.S. embargo as Washington ramps up pressure on countries supporting Cuba.
Canada's deepening ties with Europe could help fill some of the massive gaps left behind as the United States pulls back from foreign aid and embraces a "transactional" approach, says the secretary of state for international development. "When we put all our heads together, I think the opportunities are endless," Randeep Sarai told The Canadian Press. He said this effort...
OTTAWA -- Canada's deepening ties with Europe could help fill some of the massive gaps left behind as the United States pulls back from foreign aid and embraces a "transactional" approach, says the secretary of state for international development.
France's new ambassador in Ottawa says her country is open to working closer with Canada on defence procurement, despite its push for Europe to develop a fully autonomous arms industry. "In the defence sector and in other equally strategic sectors, France advocates for a European preference in procurement," French Ambassador Helene Farnaud-Defromont said in a French-language interview. "The ideal for...
OTTAWA -- France's new ambassador in Ottawa says her country is open to working closer with Canada on defence procurement, despite its push for Europe to develop a fully autonomous arms industry.
France's new ambassador to Canada says her country admires the Carney government's response to "extremely radical" American demands and is calling for swift action to boost Canada's strategic ties with Europe. "My mission is very clear. It's to work toward making France one of Canada's closest allies in Europe, in each field, in every sector," French Ambassador Helene Farnaud-Defromont told...
OTTAWA -- France's new ambassador to Canada says her country admires the Carney government's response to "extremely radical" American demands and is calling for swift action to boost Canada's strategic ties with Europe.
OTTAWA -- Global Affairs Canada says the number of arrest and detention cases involving Canadians citizens in the United States jumped 60 per cent in the last fiscal year compared to the year before.
OTTAWA -- Edmonton mother Salomy Abusalim is running out of excuses to give her son when he asks why his dad is still in Gaza.
Edmonton mother Salomy Abusalim is running out of excuses to give her son when he asks why his dad is still in Gaza. "This is killing me as a mom. I can't keep going on, lying to him," said Abusalim, whose husband has been trapped in Gaza due to bureaucratic difficulties. "My husband was starving, literally starving," she said. "For...
Prime Minister Mark Carney is returning to Turkey later this month as he seeks to boost trade and defence ties with a country with rising importance. Carney was in Turkey for the NATO summit in July, and his office says he will again visit the country from Oct. 21 to 23. He will start in Ankara to meet with President...
OTTAWA -- Prime Minister Mark Carney is returning to Turkey later this month as he seeks to boost trade and defence ties with a country with rising importance.
OTTAWA -- Groups serving LGBTQ+ people are urging the Carney government to extend funding and programming aimed at growing mental health and security concerns.
OTTAWA -- Groups serving LGBTQ+ people are urging the Carney government to extend funding and programming aimed at growing mental health and security concerns.
Liberal MP Salma Zahid says she's concerned about escalating violent rhetoric directed at MPs -- including the leader of another party. In August, a man was filmed setting vehicles on fire outside Zahid's home in the Toronto suburb of Scarborough in what police believe was an arson attack. Zahid says she now has 24-7 security at her home and she...
OTTAWA -- Liberal MP Salma Zahid says she's concerned about escalating violent rhetoric directed at MPs -- including the leader of another party.
OTTAWA -- The federal government has identified "anti-Zionism" as a driver of anti-Jewish hate -- a major policy shift that has prompted a range of reactions.
TORONTO -- More than 50 countries signed a pledge Tuesday at a conference in Toronto to boost their efforts to return Ukrainians from Russian captivity -- including an estimated 20,000 children.
TORONTO -- More than 50 countries have signed a pledge to boost their efforts to return Ukrainians from Russian captivity -- including an estimated 20,000 children.
TORONTO -- Foreign Affairs Minister Anita Anand will close a two-day conference on missing Ukrainian children Tuesday after multiple countries promised more action to bring home those abducted by Russia.
TORONTO -- Foreign Affairs Minister Anita Anand will close a two-day conference on missing Ukrainian children today after multiple countries promised more action to bring home those abducted by Russia.
TORONTO -- Ukrainians who survived Russian captivity are thanking Canada for its advocacy and for funding programs to help children heal from trauma.
TORONTO -- Foreign Affairs Minister Anita Anand is promising more funding to support Ukrainians who make it home after being abducted by Russia.
Foreign Affairs Minister Anita Anand is promising more funding to support Ukrainians who make it home after being abducted by Russia. Anand announced the funding today in Toronto at a conference where Ukrainian youth and a former prisoner of war have shared harrowing stories of Russian captivity. Anand says Canada is providing $863,000 in new funding to support civil society...
Foreign Affairs Minister Anita Anand is co-hosting a global conference in Toronto on the plight of Ukrainian children abducted by Russian officials. In 2024, the Trudeau government co-launched with Ukraine an international coalition of nations committed to finding and returning Ukrainian children abducted by Russia since it began its full-scale invasion in 2022. Ukrainian authorities cite what they say
TORONTO -- Foreign Affairs Minister Anita Anand is co-hosting a global conference in Toronto on the plight of Ukrainian children abducted by Russian officials.
TORONTO -- Foreign Affairs Minister Anita Anand is co-hosting a global meeting in Toronto today aimed at advancing work to return Ukrainian children abducted by Russian officials.
As Canada plans an ambitious expansion of defence and economic activity in the Arctic, regional experts are asking whether it has enough diplomats to build the ties it wants in the North. "The Arctic is a geopolitical hot spot," said Natan Obed, president of Inuit Tapiriit Kanatami. "The (Global Affairs) department does not have huge bench strength when it comes...
OTTAWA -- As Canada plans an ambitious expansion of defence and economic activity in the Arctic, regional experts are asking whether it has enough diplomats to build the ties it wants in the North.
Foreign Affairs Minister Anita Anand has put "strategic autonomy" at the forefront of Canada's address to the United Nations General Assembly today. Anand's speech echoes Prime Minister Mark Carney's quest for middle powers to work together by forging deeper ties. She says Canada supports the International Criminal Court, amid Washington's quest to dismantle the institution and while critics argue Canada...
OTTAWA -- Foreign Affairs Minister Anita Anand says Canada's foreign policy is guided by establishing autonomy in strategic fields to limit superpower coercion, along with aspirations to lead middle powers.
Foreign Affairs Minister Anita Anand is set to address the United Nations General Assembly today. Anand has said her speech will touch on support for Ukraine, the Middle East and Arctic sovereignty. She said it will also touch on the middle-power strategy Prime Minister Mark Carney outlined at the start of this year. On Friday, Anand said Canada does not...
OTTAWA -- Foreign Affairs Minister Anita Anand is set to address the United Nations General Assembly today.
OTTAWA -- While Canada has kept silent on Turkey's crackdown on LGBTQ+ groups, Foreign Affairs Minister Anita Anand says that should not be interpreted as a lack of solidarity with oppressed people.
- Vietnamese President To Lam and Prime Minister Mark Carney have upgraded the ties between their two nations to a strategic partnership. In an address on Parliament Hill today, Lam said it's time to go beyond a 2017 pact that covered investment, defence and academia, and to forge deeper ties with longer-term goals. Lam told MPs, senators and diplomats that...
OTTAWA -- Vietnamese President To Lam and Prime Minister Mark Carney have upgraded the ties between their two nations to a strategic partnership.
Vietnam's most powerful politician is in Ottawa for a state visit Thursday aimed at deepening trade and diplomatic ties as middle powers confront American and Chinese coercion. Vietnamese President To Lam serves as Communist party general secretary, making him more powerful than his country's prime minister. Lam has events scheduled for Thursday with Gov. Gen. Louise Arbour, Prime Minister Mark...
OTTAWA -- Vietnam's most powerful politician is in Ottawa for a state visit Thursday aimed at deepening trade and diplomatic ties as middle powers confront American and Chinese coercion.
OTTAWA -- Foreign Affairs Minister Anita Anand says she is checking to see if Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu — who faces an international arrest warrant — will be travelling through Canadian airspace on Thursday.
Foreign Affairs Minister Anita Anand says she is checking to see if Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu — who faces an international arrest warrant — will be travelling through Canadian airspace on Thursday. "I actually have asked my department to provide me with information relating to this particular flyover, which I did not have before coming to the United Nations,"...