LeBlanc defends stay at Irving home as Conservatives call for review of ethics screen
Finance Minister Dominic LeBlanc is defending staying over at the home of billionaire J.D. (Jim) Irving this month, as the...
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Russian consultant accused of spying for Moscow spoke at Parliament Hill forum two days before arrest by FBI
A Russian political consultant recently accused by the FBI of working for Moscow’s spies spoke on Parliament Hill last month...
Inside Trudeau’s Mar-a-Lago dinner with Trump – and how it all went down
One of the most important dinner dates Justin Trudeau has ever secured – an opportunity to dissuade Donald Trump from...
Ottawa to announce border-security measures in coming weeks
The federal government is expected to announce border-security investments in the weeks ahead, either through the fall economic statement or...
Provinces filling void left by Ottawa’s inaction on Canada-U.S. border, Poilievre says
Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre says the provinces are stepping in to fill a border leadership void caused by Ottawa’s inaction...
Trudeau opposes allowing Russia to keep ‘an inch’ of Ukrainian territory
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says he opposes allowing Russia to keep any territory it has occupied in its invasion of...
Taiwan eyes Canadian natural gas to supply to its growing energy needs
Taiwan is eager to buy liquefied natural gas from Canada when the opportunity becomes available as part of the island’s...
Canada posts cyber attaché in Taiwan as ties deepen
Canada has posted a cyber attaché at its unofficial embassy in Taiwan as Ottawa deepens co-operation with Taipei over combatting...
PMO staff say nobody told them about CSIS request to surveil Liberal powerbroker in 2021
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s top advisers say they have no plans to investigate why a CSIS surveillance warrant targeting an...
Foreign streaming giants launch campaign against Ottawa’s mandatory levy
Large foreign video and music streaming giants are launching a campaign against Ottawa’s new mandatory levy on their Canadian operations...
CSIS agents frustrated by delay for electronic warrant against long-time Liberal politician
It took at least six weeks for Bill Blair, then-public safety minister, to sign an electronic and entry warrant to...
MPs to investigate former defence minister Harjit Sajjan’s use of special forces to rescue Afghan Sikhs
The Commons committee on national defence plans to investigate the actions of former defence minister Harjit Sajjan, who instructed the...
India and China use illegal funds and disinformation to sway politicians, CSIS report says
China and India are deeply engaged in attempting to influence diaspora communities and elect MPs sympathetic to their interests through...
Netanyahu criticizes Canada for blocking military shipments to Israel
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is criticizing Canada for blocking military goods shipments to Israel that could help his country...
Contingent of former Canadian security and defence officials headed to meet Taiwan government
Ex-CSIS director Richard Fadden is leading a contingent of former Canadian security and defence officials on a trip to Taiwan...
Ottawa ties Wealth One founders to possible Chinese interference
Finance Minister Chrystia Freeland has alleged, in documents filed in federal court, that three principal shareholders in Wealth One Bank...
Retired RCMP officer William Majcher wins bid to move foreign interference case from Quebec to Vancouver
A retired RCMP officer charged with conducting foreign interference on behalf of China has won his bid to have the...
Trudeau urges Canadians in Lebanon to leave now because rescue not guaranteed
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is warning all Canadians remaining in Lebanon to leave now because Ottawa is not guaranteeing it...
Ottawa won’t commit to rescuing Canadians in Lebanon but planning is under way
The Canadian government won’t commit to rescuing Canadians in Lebanon if war breaks out but evacuation planning is nevertheless under...
Cabinet minister Harjit Sajjan requested 100 soldiers to perform with Punjabi pop star Diljit Dosanjh
Emergency Preparedness Minister Harjit Sajjan lobbied in April for the Canadian Armed Forces to send about 100 soldiers to act...
New law could mean jail terms for sharing military secrets
Recently passed legislation to fight foreign interference would also impose jail terms of up to 14 years on military or...
Chinese EV maker BYD tells Ottawa it plans to enter Canadian market
Chinese electric-vehicle manufacturing giant BYD Co. expects to enter the Canadian market, according to a filing with a federal regulator...
Joly tells China’s top diplomat Canada won’t ‘tolerate any form of interference in our democracy’
Foreign Affairs Minister Mélanie Joly says she didn’t soft-pedal Beijing’s interference in Canadian affairs or its human-rights record during blunt...
Ottawa buys Arctic hangar next to NORAD base after Chinese, Russian interest
The federal government has paid $8.6-million to acquire a privately owned aircraft hangar adjacent to a NORAD air base in...
Conservative supporters show higher susceptibility to Russian disinformation: survey
Conservative Party supporters in Canada are more exposed to Russian propaganda than Liberals or New Democrats and more likely to...
Afghan Sikh sponsors donated to Sajjan’s riding association during Kabul airlift campaign
Directors of a charitable foundation that struck a deal with Ottawa to sponsor the immigration of Afghan Sikhs to Canada...
O’Toole, Bloc call for hearings on push to rescue Afghan Sikhs
Former Conservative leader Erin O’Toole and the Bloc Québécois said Thursday that they want parliamentary hearings into a Globe and...
Sajjan instructed special forces to rescue Afghan Sikhs during fall of Kabul
Then-defence minister Harjit Sajjan instructed Canadian special forces to rescue about 225 Afghan Sikhs after the Taliban takeover in August...
Royal Canadian Navy led conga lines in Havana as part of ‘deterrence’ visit to Cuba, photos show
Photos posted on social media by Canada’s embassy in Cuba show a Royal Canadian Navy band member leading conga lines...
Poilievre would accept CSIS briefing if spy agency has any concerns about his caucus or party
Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre’s office says Canadian Security Intelligence Service officials can brief him if federal officials feel there are...
Opposition parties urge collusion revelations be turned over to foreign interference inquiry
The Conservatives and the Bloc Québécois are proposing that revelations about federal politicians colluding with other countries be turned over...
Canada can’t allow allegations of collusion with foreign powers to hang over Ottawa, former CSIS director says
Former CSIS director Richard Fadden says Canada can’t allow allegations that parliamentarians are colluding with foreign powers to remain unresolved...
Trudeau cabinet withholding documents on foreign interference from inquiry
The Liberal government is facing pushback from Justice Marie-Josée Hogue for citing cabinet confidentiality in redacting records provided to the...
Members of Congress say Canada’s online streaming act discriminates against Americans
Nineteen members of Congress say Canada’s online streaming act discriminates against Americans and they are asking the United States’ top...
Canada will not become back door for diverted Chinese steel and aluminum: Ottawa
The federal government says it will not allow Canada to become a dumping ground for diverted Chinese steel or aluminum...
Sikh Canadian separatist leader says India cracking down on Khalistan supporters after arrests in Nijjar slaying
A Sikh Canadian separatist leader allegedly targeted for death by the Indian government says New Delhi arrested three of his...
CSIS director says China’s concerted effort to steal Canadian technology is ‘mind-boggling’
Canada’s top spy says China’s concerted efforts to steal cutting-edge Canadian technology is mind-boggling, and is designed to build the...
Parliamentarians say Ottawa never informed them of targeting by Beijing-linked hackers
A group of Canadian MPs and senators who belong to an international parliamentary alliance critical of the Chinese government say...
Joly dispatching foreign affairs deputy to China as part of attempt to thaw relations with Beijing
Foreign Affairs Minister Mélanie Joly is dispatching her deputy minister, David Morrison, to China shortly in an effort to thaw...
Canada’s top soldier touts renewed Arctic strategy amid China and Russia’s push to deepen ties
A sharper focus on the Arctic in Ottawa’s defence policy is a strategic move welcomed by Western allies, Canada’s top...
Liberal Party member warned MP Dong of CSIS surveillance, national security source says
A Liberal Party member warned Han Dong i that the Canadian Security Intelligence Service was keeping tabs on him, shortly...
CSIS briefing for PMO in 2023 says China interfered in both 2019 and 2021 elections, inquiry told
A top secret CSIS briefing prepared for the Prime Minister’s Office in February 2023 last year, following leaks to the...
MP Han Dong says he can’t recall telling China’s envoy to delay two Michaels’ release
Former Liberal Han Dong, now an Independent MP, acknowledged at the foreign-interference inquiry Tuesday that he spoke to a top...
India tells U.S. that rogue operatives were involved in alleged plot to kill Sikh separatist: report
India has reportedly told the United States that a special panel it set up to investigate a foiled plot to...
Fired Winnipeg scientists use pseudonyms in China as RCMP probe continues
Two infectious-disease scientists fired from Canada’s high-security National Microbiology Laboratory over threats to the country’s security have been using pseudonyms...
Infectious-disease scientist fired from Winnipeg laboratory surfaces in China
One of two fired scientists at the centre of an RCMP investigation into a massive security breach at Canada’s top...
New Zealand says it’s not questioning Canadian allegations on Nijjar after remarks by country’s Deputy PM
The New Zealand government says it’s not challenging Ottawa’s allegations that India was behind the killing of a Canadian Sikh...
Foreign-interference inquiry to grant opposition parties power to cross-examine witnesses
The head of the public inquiry into foreign interference is proposing to grant opposition parties additional rights at the coming...
Michael Spavor reaches multimillion-dollar settlement with Ottawa for Chinese imprisonment
The federal government has reached a multimillion-dollar settlement with Michael Spavor to compensate him for the nearly three years he...
A blocked exit and barrage of bullets: Video shows B.C. Sikh leader’s final moments
The ambush began in a parking lot of a Surrey, B.C., temple with a barrage of bullets, after which the...
A blocked exit and barrage of bullets: Video shows B.C. Sikh leader’s final moments
The ambush began in a parking lot of a Surrey, B.C., temple with a barrage of bullets, after which the...
Canadian parts found in weapons used by Russian military in attacks on Ukraine
Electronic components from four Canadian companies are turning up in weapons and other gear used by Russia in its military...
Canadian academics involved in joint research with Iranian counterparts on drone technology
Canadian academics have been collaborating with Iranian universities on drone technology and other research that could benefit Tehran’s armed forces...
Poilievre would ‘work towards meeting’ 2-per-cent NATO target
A Conservative government would “restore” Canada’s military and “work towards meeting Canada’s NATO spending commitment,” Pierre Poilievre’s office says, days...
B.C. Senator Yuen Pau Woo challenges reports suggesting China targeted MPs
A B.C. senator is casting doubt on the findings of two federal election-monitoring reports that suggest the Chinese government in...
China offers ‘new way of thinking,’ former Canadian ambassador tells business audience
Western understanding of China is “pathetic,” and the Communist Party-run country should be seen as a source for “new ways...
Trudeau Foundation probe can’t rule out possibility Chinese donations part of ‘influence scheme’ targeting Ottawa
A law firm hired by the Pierre Elliott Trudeau Foundation to investigate donations tied to two wealthy Chinese businessmen said...
New national security council has only met four times as critics accuse Ottawa of not taking threats seriously
A special national-security cabinet committee set up by Prime Minister Justin Trudeau amid a growing controversy over foreign interference has...