‘We are ready’: senior Uruguayan diplomat comes to Ottawa to spotlight CPTPP bid
Uruguayan deputy foreign minister Nicolás Albertoni says it’s time for CPTPP member countries to signal who is next in line for accession to the multilateral trade pact.
A moving experience
This June, hundreds of Canadian families at home and abroad are preparing to resettle during the annual diplomatic rotation season.
Indo-Pacific pledge for new Fiji mission not yet met as diplomatic footprint slowly grows
Fiji has added geopolitical importance as the U.S. and China compete for influence among Pacific Island states.
As Canada preps for U.S. election, parliamentarians bring Ukrainian pitch to Capitol Hill
Questions loom over the future of American support for Ukraine if former U.S. president Donald Trump returns to the White House.
House Canada-China Committee looking to interrogate officials and parliamentarians who visited China
The five officials and parliamentarians invited to appear before the committee are among the first high-level Canadian visitors to China since the relationship with Beijing cooled dramatically.
House Foreign Affairs Committee offers no advice to reverse foreign service ‘atrophy’
A Senate committee previously presented 29 recommendations to the government to fix Canada’s diplomatic capacity.
Working towards more comprehensive Philippines-Canada bilateral relations
Establishing a comprehensive partnership between the Philippines and Canada is rooted in the alignment of values and the pursuit of shared interests.
Once a strategy, later a framework, Canada now unwilling to define Africa engagement rethink
The House and Senate Foreign Affairs committees are both currently undergoing studies looking at Canada’s engagement with Africa.
‘Insufficient for the scale of need’: foreign service reform gets initial ‘down payment,’ but follow-up needed, say Parliamentarians
‘We needed the Liberals to come forward with some leadership, and I don’t see that in this budget,’ says NDP foreign affairs critic Heather McPherson.
Defence over diplomacy spotlighted in Liberal budget, with modest initial spending on foreign service reform
The government’s spending plan will add $664.4-million exclusively to GAC, while billions more have been allocated for the Canadian Forces over the next 20 years.
