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Canada expands Iran sanctions over 'human rights violations' -statement

Canada has issued additional sanctions against Iran over its denial of rights for women and girls and for cracking down on peaceful protests, Minister of Foreign Affairs Mélanie Joly said in a statement on Friday.

Reuters

Canada's Indo-Pacific strategy: The same old starry-eyed thinking about Asian trade

Canada’s new Indo-Pacific strategy, announced with much fanfare by Foreign Affairs Minister Mélanie Joly, marks a welcome return of common sense in place of the illusions that have dominated Canada’s approach to Asia for the past quarter-century.

The Conversation

Canada won’t compromise values in relations with China, says foreign minister

Exclusive: as the two nations prepare to co-host Cop15, Mélanie Joly discusses Canada’s long-awaited Indo-Pacific strategy

The Guardian - US

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Canada says Nato fully behind Ukraine through hard winter

Mélanie Joly, the foreign minister in Ottawa, says Russia’s targeting of energy grid and civil infrastructure only strengthens allies’ support

The Guardian - AU

Canada sanctions ex-Haiti president and prime ministers

Canada has expanded its economic sanctions freezing the Canadian assets of Haitian political elites to now include former president Michel Martelly and former prime ministers Laurent Lamothe and Jean-Henry Céant

The Independent UK

After exchange, China calls Canada's manner 'condescending'

A Chinese spokesperson has accused Canada of acting in a “condescending manner” following a testy exchange between President Xi Jinping and Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau that underscores the depths to which the bilateral relationship has fallen

The Independent UK

Worried by Haiti violence, Canada sends delegation

Canada has sent officials to Haiti to assess the Caribbean nation's humanitarian and security crisis, saying it will not sit by idly while gangs threaten women and children there.

Reuters

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US wants to find a country to lead Haiti military intervention by early November

The State Department is pushing back against the notion that a U.S. resolution at the United Nations proposing the deployment of a rapid reaction force to Haiti is in peril, with a senior administration official stating Wednesday that he expects the dimensions of a force to be settled by early…

Miami Herald

Iran protests: democracies have ‘moral obligation’ to help, Canada foreign minister says

Mélanie Joly tells meeting of female foreign ministers that they must help ‘amplify the voices of women in Iran’

The Guardian - US

Canada: World's Female Foreign Ministers to Meet on Iran

The world's female foreign ministers will discuss ongoing protests in Iran during a virtual meeting this week hosted by Canada, Canadian Minister of Foreign Affairs Mélanie Joly said in a statement on Wednesday. Joly and her counterparts will meet on Thursday amid unrest ignited by Iranian Mahsa Amini's death last…

Asharq Al-Awsat

World's female foreign ministers to meet on Iran, Canada says

Many of the world's female foreign ministers will discuss the "brutal" crackdown against protesters in Iran during a virtual meeting this week hosted by Canada, Canadian Foreign Minister Melanie Joly said in a statement on Wednesday.

Reuters

Push for US sanctions against supporters of Haitian gang violence grows in Congress

As support for tough sanctions against Haitian gangs and those financing them grows in U.S. political circles, two Democratic lawmakers want to require the U.S. government to carry out investigations into Haitian political and economic figures and organizations suspected of supporting gang activities in Haiti.

Miami Herald

Not again: Why another federal election may be on the horizon in Canada

The recent selection of Pierre Poilievre as Conservative leader and Justin Trudeau’s announcement that he will lead the Liberals into the next federal election has started a chain of events that will play out over the next 12 months.

The Conversation

Canada invokes treaty with US in push to keep cross-border pipeline open

Canada warns of ‘significant’ economic damage in the event of a shutdown of Line 5, which travels through Michigan

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Russian propaganda is making inroads with right-wing Canadians

On July 8, Canada’s Foreign Affairs Minister Mélanie Joly announced new sanctions against Russia as a counter to the Kremlin’s disinformation activities aimed at Canada.

Bangkok Post

Canada, Denmark settle ownership of an Arctic island after 49 years

Hans Island is just a desolate, kidney shaped piece of rock in the Arctic. But for 49 years, it has been the source of a rare territorial dispute for Canada because it sits right in the middle of the international boundary between that country and Greenland, an autonomous territory of…

The Guardian - UK

Turkey says it will not approve Sweden and Finland joining Nato

Turkey’s justice ministry said it objected on grounds that the two countries had failed to respond positively to extradition requests

Al Jazeera

Canada wants to use seized Russian assets to help Ukraine victims

Canada says change to sanctions regime would allow it to use profits of seized assets to compensate Ukraine victims.

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Canada bars its soldiers from joining Ukraine’s foreign legion

Military authorities fear any captured service members could be used as propaganda tool by Russia

The Canadian Press

Foreign Affairs Minister Melanie plans Asia travel before tabling new China strategy

OTTAWA — Canada's foreign affairs minister says she plans to travel to Asia and elsewhere for some first-hand research before she releases the government's much-anticipated new policy on China.

The Canadian Press

Russian invasion threat to Ukraine imminent, says Joly, amid diplomacy, cyberattacks

OTTAWA — Canada's foreign affairs minister says the threat of a Russian invasion of Ukraine remains high as cyberattacks undermined earlier optimism Tuesday that the Kremlin might be drawing down its military forces.

The Canadian Press

'Special partnership:' Canadian loan of $120 million welcomed by Ukrainian president

OTTAWA — The president of Ukraine has thanked Canada for a $120-million loan aimed at bolstering his country's economy amid a hostile buildup of 100,000 Russian troops and hundreds of tanks and armoured personnel carriers along its borders.

The Canadian Press

Ukraine embassy calls on Canada to send weapons, expand training and sanction Russia

OTTAWA — The Ukrainian Embassy in Ottawa is calling on the Trudeau government to provide weapons to Ukraine's military, impose further sanctions on Russia and extend and expand the Canadian military training mission of its forces.

The Canadian Press

Canada, U.S. and allies focus on policing in discussion of Haiti's future

OTTAWA — Strengthening Haiti's beleaguered police emerged a key theme Friday as Canada, the United States and several other allies held talks to help the embattled, poverty-racked Caribbean nation.

The Canadian Press

Canada has sanctioned 400 people and entities so far since Russian Ukraine incursion

OTTAWA — Foreign Affairs Minister Mélanie Joly said Thursday that Russia would face severe sanctions if it makes further moves against Ukraine.

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