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Canada has had 14 foreign affairs ministers in this century. The department has lost its way.
Global Affairs Canada – the acronym is pronounced “Gack,” which sounds like something a cartoon character would say – grows less relevant by the day. Once one of the two first-tier departments, along with Finance, its ministers rotate through with unseemly speed.
Vina Nadjibulla (Photograph by Eric Putz)
Michael Kovrig walks at least 7,000 steps a day in laps of his cell, along with doing push-ups and planks and practising yoga and meditation. Among his few possessions are a grey uniform, a bar of soap, two Hello Kitty washcloths and a small set of matching plastic cups and bowls. He can read a limited number of books his family sends, but he is allotted only a few hours each month with a pen and paper to write letters and process his thoughts. The world beyond the prison gates ground to a halt over the last year because of the pandemic, but Kovrig, cut off in his own state of suspended animation, was oblivious to it all.
Canada deepens support for US-led anti-China offensive
Tensions between Canada and China are growing sharper, as Ottawa swings ever more openly behind US imperialism’s aggressive diplomatic, economic and military-strategic offensive against Beijing.
Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau speaks to the media at a hotel in Beijing, China on Dec. 5, 2017 (AP Photo/Ng Han Guan, File)
The federal government of Justin Trudeau directly intervened last month to prevent the takeover of gold miner TMAC Resources Inc. by China’s state-owned Shandong Gold Mining Co. Ltd. While the Canadian government refused to explain its rejection of the C$230 million transaction, a senior government official told the
Immigration officials have given family members of detained Huawei telecom executive Meng Wanzhou permission to travel to Canada, CBC News has confirmed.
Right To Play International welcomes Susan McIsaac as new CEO
Right To Play International welcomes Susan McIsaac as new CEO
Toronto, ON, Jan. 13, 2021 Right To Play International is delighted to welcome Susan McIsaac as its new CEO. The accomplished nonprofit leader steps into the CEO position at the 20-year-old INGO as it strives to keep children safe and healthy, learning, and mentally strong in the face of COVID-19, reaching a record 12 million children through remote and in-person methods last year.
“I am deeply honoured to be able to serve Right To Play and the children and communities we work with in this new role,” said Ms. McIsaac. “COVID-19 has cut children off from their education, their support networks and, in many cases, from their hopes and dreams. And the pandemic threatens to roll back important gains that have been made on increasing access to education, gender equality, and child protection. But children are resilient and, with the right support, they