Politics Briefing: Ottawa appoints new envoy to combat antisemitism, reiterates stance with Canadian Jews
The Middle East crisis dominates political discussion as MPs return to House after break
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The Middle East crisis dominates political discussion as MPs return to House after break
'We ask for peace and safety in these very troubling times'
The Trudeau government has appointed former ambassador Deborah Lyons as Canada's Special Envoy on Preserving Holocaust Remembrance and Combatting Antisemitism.
OTTAWA - The Trudeau government has appointed former ambassador Deborah Lyons as Canada's Special Envoy on Preserving Holocaust Remembrance and Combatting Antisemitism.
More than two years after the United States military withdrew from Afghanistan, a diplomat hailing from Miramichi and a newcomer to Fredericton from Kabul are pleading with Canadians to bolster support for the country. But hopes are dimming among other interested observers, including a New Brunswick father who lost his son in the fighting."It's a struggle to find our way forward, but we have to keep at it," said Deborah Lyons, former Canadian ambassador to Afghanistan and Israel. "The Afghanista