Boosting Canada’s NATO presence in Latvia by 2024 an ‘optimistic’ and ‘optimal’ timeline, says envoy
In a wide-ranging interview, Latvian Ambassador Kaspars Ozoliņš talks the Canadian-led NATO deployment on Russia’s border, the war in Ukraine, energy co-operation, and a busy first year in Ottawa.
It’s a momentous year for Canada-Japan relations
As we face a severe geopolitical situation, the strategic partnership between Canada and Japan has become even more important.
Canadian-facilitated Cameroon peace process right approach, but fraught with challenges, say analysts
The Cameroonian government said it hasn’t ‘entrusted’ a foreign country with a mediation role in the peace process days after Canada said it has accepted the mandate.
Progressive Afghan women in dangerous limbo, while we wring our hands uselessly
Can Canada not, at least, rescue individual women, especially those who worked with Canadians on various women’s ’empowerment programs’ during the war? You would think so, but it isn’t happening quickly enough for a group of six MPs, from all parties, who have been lobbying government since October to get eight especially vulnerable Afghan women to safety.
Nigerian mission welcomes VP
Poland celebrates Canadian ties
Relaunched parliamentary group seeks to work for ‘undivided Jerusalem’ as Israel’s capital
The Israel Allies Caucus, an umbrella group connected to the Canadian Parliamentary Israel Allies Caucus, has a mission to ‘mobilize a grassroots movement of faith-based political advocacy for an undivided Jerusalem as the eternal capital of the State of Israel.’
G7 can’t accept unilateral attempts to alter ‘very shaky’ international order, says Japanese envoy
‘We see a lot of unilateral attempts by China to change the status quo in the South China Sea or East China Sea,’ says Japanese ambassador Kanji Yamanouchi, noting Beijing will be a topic of discussion for the G7.
As Canada recommits to ending violence against women and girls, Ottawa should stand up for Bilkis Bano
It’s inconceivable that Canada is silent while a woman is raped every 17 minutes in India. Canada can’t just choose certain women and ignore others. There should never be a day when women like Bilkis Bano have to battle alone.
Bring home Canadians unlawfully held in northeast Syria
Canadian authorities should end this uncertainty by promising to promptly help bring home all Canadians detained in northeast Syria since at least 2019 by a Kurdish-led force.
