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Trying to keep fear out of a fearful topic

Some 24 parliamentarians, including federal Housing Minister Nathaniel Erskine-Smith, sent a letter to Foreign Affairs Minister Mélanie Joly on Feb. 25 urging Joly to participate in nuclear disarmament discussions at the UN this week.

Canada’s foreign influence problem is about to escalate, here’s why

U.S. Vice-President J.D. Vance has dismissed disinformation as a fabrication of ‘old entrenched interests hiding behind ugly Soviet-era words’ to justify censorship. Similarly, U.S. President Donald Trump is amplifying pro-Russian propaganda, blaming Ukraine for starting Russia’s war of aggression against itself.

Time for Canada to work with Europe

U.S. President Donald Trump has put both Canada and Europe at the children’s table in deciding on Ukraine’s fate and other global conflicts.

Trump’s flip-flop on Ukraine

Volodomyr Zelenskyy

The lesson that Canadians need to take from the U.S. president’s complete reversal on Ukraine is that we could easily be next.