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Canada sanctions Iranian police force, university as regime cracks down on protests
FILE - In this photo taken by an individual not employed by the Associated Press and obtained by the AP outside Iran, Iranians protests the death of 22-year-old Mahsa Amini after she was detained by the morality police, in Tehran, Oct. 1, 2022. Iran’s atomic energy agency alleged Sunday, Oct. 23, 2022, that hackers acting on behalf of an unidentified foreign country broke into a subsidiary’s network and had free access to its email system. Sunday's hack comes as Iran continues to face nationwide unrest first sparked by the Sept. 16 death of Mahsa Amini, a 22-year-old woman in police custody. (AP Photo/Middle East Images, File)
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Banning Russians from visiting Canada would trap dissidents, Mélanie Joly says
Minister of Foreign Affairs Melanie Joly speaks to media at the United Nations in New York on Tuesday, Sept. 20, 2022. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Sean Kilpatrick
politics
Melanie Joly testifies on Ukraine war and possible new sanctions law at Senate committee
U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken and Canadian Foreign Minister Melaine Joly talk after a meeting with NATO foreign ministers at NATO headquarters in Brussels, Belgium, Thursday, April 7, 2022. Joly on Wednesday announced new sanctions on more than 200 Russians after speaking to Blinken on Tuesday. (Evelyn Hockstein/Pool Photo via AP)
opinion
China’s clumsy sanctions on Canada’s opposition backfires
Campbell Clark
canada
’One of our finer moments’: Pandemic led to massive scramble to bring Canadians home
Air Canada airplanes sit on the tarmac at Pearson International Airport in Toronto on Friday, March 20, 2020. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Nathan Denette
opinion
It’s time for Canada to strengthen our ties with Cuba
John Kirk and Stephen Kimber
politics
Opposition calls on Canadian government to stop contracting out visa applications to China-backed company
NDP MP Jenny Kwan asks a question during Question Period in the House of Commons on Parliament Hill in Ottawa on Friday, May 25, 2018. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Justin Tang
opinion
It’s time to restructure the Department of Foreign Affairs
John Ibbitson
opinion
Biden our time: Ottawa won’t act on China until Washington changes guard
Doug Saunders
books
Pulitzer Prize-winning novelist Alison Lurie dies at 94
Author Alison Lurie in New York, in September, 1988.
politics
Opposition defeats Liberals on motion to fight Chinese tactics
A woman wearing a face mask to help curb the spread of the coronavirus browses her smartphone as a masked woman walks by the Huawei retail shop promoting it 5G network in Beijing on Oct. 11, 2020. Chinese leaders are meeting to formulate an economic blueprint for the next five years that is expected to emphasize development of semiconductors and other technology amid a feud with Washington that is cutting off access to U.S. components for China's fledgling tech industries. (AP Photo/Andy Wong)
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Canadian-born lawmaker says he will remain and fight for Hong Kong after ouster
HONG KONG, CHINA - NOVEMBER 11: Pro-democracy lawmaker Dennis Kwok Wing-hang leaves after attending a press conference at the Legislative Council Building on November 11, 2020 in Hong Kong, China. Hong Kong's government removed four pro-democracy lawmakers from the city's legislative council after China passed a ruling that allowed for the disqualification of lawmakers deemed to be unpatriotic, a move that could result in a mass resignation by the pro-democracy camp. (Photo by Anthony Kwan/Getty Images)
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Biden win relieves Ottawa of troubled relations with Trump, but challenges still lie ahead
FILE PHOTO: U.S. Democratic presidential candidate and former Vice President Joe Biden speaks next to his campaign train while making a campaign stop in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, U.S., September 30, 2020. REUTERS/Mike Segar/File Photo
opinion
Get a grip – losing the Security Council vote is not the end of the world
Andrew Coyne
opinion
Canada lost its bid for a UN Security Council seat. That’s a blessing in disguise
John Packer
opinion
It’s Justin Trudeau’s loss: The UN rejection shows how Canada’s foreign policy doesn’t smell like roses
Robyn Urback
politics
Liberals say no need for further disclosure of Foreign Affairs Minister’s mortgages with Bank of China
Foreign Affairs Minister Francois-Philippe Champagne speaks with the media as he makes his way to a caucus on Parliament Hill in Ottawa, on Jan. 29, 2020.
opinion
We can be clear-eyed on China, without being dumb-headed
Andrew Coyne
world
Foreign Affairs Minister, Ambassador mum on Fan Wei, Canadian sentenced to death in China
Canadian Minister of Foreign Affairs François-Philippe Champagne (L) and Deputy Minister of Defence Jody Thomas (R) listens as Prime Minister Justin Trudeau C) speaks during a news conference January 11, 2020 in Ottawa, Canada. - Iran said on January 11, it "unintentionally" shot down the Ukrainian passenger jet, killing all 176 people aboard, in an abrupt about-turn after initially denying Western claims it was struck by a missile on January 8. (Photo by Dave Chan / AFP) (Photo by DAVE CHAN/AFP via Getty Images)
opinion
Canada’s biggest Trumpland enemy is on the rise
Lawrence Martin
canada
Ethiopia co-operating following arrests of 13 Canadian humanitarian volunteers: official
Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Foreign Affairs Rob Oliphant rises during Question Period in the House of Commons on Parliament Hill, in Ottawa on Friday, June 7, 2019. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Fred Chartrand
politics
Global Affairs warns Trudeau government about perils of deepening ties with China
This Dec. 5, 2017, file photo shows Canadian and Chinese flags at the Diaoyutai State Guesthouse, in Beijing.
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Champagne says Wuhan airlifts not a sign that Canada-China relations are back to normal
Foreign Affairs Minister Francois-Philippe Champagne responds to a question during Question Period in the House of Commons, Friday, February 7, 2020 in Ottawa. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Fred Chartrand
opinion
Trudeau is trying to bring Canada ‘back’ to the world four years late
Campbell Clark
politics
Venezuelan opposition leader Juan Guaido looks to Canada to enlist Cuba in effort to oust Maduro regime
Canada's Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and interim President of Venezuela Juan Guaido meet at Trudeau's Parliament Hill office in Ottawa, on Monday, Jan. 27, 2020. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Justin Tang
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Champagne ‘cautiously optimistic’ about Canada’s bid for UN Security Council seat
The UN Security Council holds a meeting on the Middle East Wednesday, Nov. 20, 2019 at United Nations headquarters. Canada is still vying for a seat on the United Nations Security Council, but it's already warming up the chair with a plan to hire trainers for Canadian officials. THE CANADIAN PRESS/AP-Mary Altaffer
opinion
If Iran did shoot down the plane, what can we do about it? Nothing
Andrew Coyne
canada
Canadian approval of Donald Trump inched up after steel tariffs lifted, according to survey
Stelco Holdings Inc. says it made no net profit in the third quarter as revenues dropped 23 per cent on lower selling prices for steel. Rolls of coiled coated steel are shown at Stelco before a visit by Global Affairs Minister Chrystia Freeland, in Hamilton on Friday, June 29, 2018. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Peter Power