Winnipeg Free Press By: Lee Berthiaume, The Canadian Press Posted:
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OTTAWA - Canada s foreign affairs minister is joining counterparts from the U.S., Britain and Australia in condemning last week s mass arrest of politicians and pro-democracy activists in Hong Kong.
Minister of Foreign Affairs Francois-Philippe Champagne responds to a question during question period in the House of Commons on Parliament Hill in Ottawa on November 30, 2020. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Sean Kilpatrick
OTTAWA - Canada s foreign affairs minister is joining counterparts from the U.S., Britain and Australia in condemning last week s mass arrest of politicians and pro-democracy activists in Hong Kong.
OTTAWA - Canada's foreign affairs minister is joining counterparts from the U.S., Britain and Australia in condemning last week's mass arrest of politicians
TORONTO - Anguished relatives in Canada mourned the loss of loved ones on Friday as they called for justice for the victims of a passenger jet the Iranian m
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Minister of Foreign Affairs Francois-Philippe Champagne at Global Affairs Canada in Ottawa on Wednesday, Dec. 16, 2020. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Sean Kilpatrick January 08, 2021 - 1:00 AM
OTTAWA - Shortly before 10 p.m. on Jan. 7, 2020, Foreign Affairs Minister Francois-Philippe Champagne peeked at his mobile phone during a particularly intense teleconference. A BBC report of a plane crash outside Tehran airport flashed on his Twitter feed.
What a tragic start to the year, the minister thought as he turned back to the high-level government teleconference seized with assessing the fallout of the Iranian missiles that had blasted two American military bases in Iraq, where several hundred Canadian soldiers were stationed.