Thirty-seven years have now passed since the announcement of the Japanese Canadian Redress Agreement. It is easy for past events to fade into obscurity yet this history must be passed on to the next generation.
U.S. President Donald Trump placed tariffs on Canadian goods under the guise of addressing cross-border fentanyl trafficking, but those levies were not raised by the minister who oversees law enforcement and border security, citing the Canada-U.S. trade minister’s responsibility for the file.
Experts say that Foreign Affairs Minister Anita Anand has erred in proclaiming that it is up to the U.S. to decide if it has violated international law.
Canada’s G7 presidency was more about convening than setting a thematic agenda, says foreign policy observer Adam Chapnick.
Foreign Affairs Minister Anita Anand broke with tradition as she seemingly asserted that Canada’s top diplomat doesn’t weigh in on a foreign country’s adherence to international law.
The G7 foreign ministers’ joint statement on Ukraine retreads many items that were agreed upon the last time the group met in March.
The federal budget tabled on Nov. 4 proposed cuts of $2.7-billion from Canada’s humanitarian aid envelope.
Foreign Minister Anita Anand has suggested the G7 foreign ministers’ meeting will focus on multilateral geopolitical issues in a departure from the approach taken when her predecessor hosted the gathering in March and keyed in on the Canada-U.S. relationship.
Prime Minister Mark Carney is taking his first trip to the Indo-Pacific region this week after five previous excursions to Europe where he visited 11 countries.
In a wide-ranging interview, Johannes Winkel talks a renewed Canada-German relationship, Trump shocks, European security, and the future of free trade.
In a wide-ranging interview, U.K. High Commissioner Rob Tinline discusses his country’s renewed relationship with Canada, what happens next on trade, and the decision to recognize a Palestinian state.
G7 foreign ministers last met in Charlevoix, Que., in March under the backdrop of U.S. President Donald Trump’s annexation threats.
G7 Speakers are gathering in Ottawa Sept. 4-6 at a time when co-operation between the world’s leading democratic legislatures matters more than ever.
Canada hosted the first Group of Seven summit of Lower House Speakers during its 2002 presidency.
Canada’s vacant ambassadorial posting in Germany is just one important embassy abroad that will soon need to be filled as most G7 envoys near the tail end of their tenure.
Highly restrictive bid criteria made competition ‘impossible’ for Canadian and European companies to secure the contract for military night-vision goggles, says a filing from Canadian defence company Cadex.
If health is embedded into the G7’s work, the returns will be real and lasting. Otherwise, the cost of the missed opportunity will be measured not in dollars, but in lives.
Canadians will need clear evidence that there is a strategy to deliver real change and the political stamina to withstand a process that will also be highly disruptive.
