Category Archives: war and peace
Ottawa pledges financial aid to Juno Beach museum battered by COVID-19 pandemic
OTTAWA — The federal government is promising to provide financial aid to Canada's only Second World War museum in Europe, which has been battered by COVID-19. Following months of discussions, Veterans Affairs Minister Lawrence MacAulay announced on Thu...
Review finds successes, failures in Liberals’ feminist aid approach in Afghanistan
OTTAWA — An internal review of the nearly $1 billion in foreign aid that Canada quietly spent in Afghanistan after the Canadian military pulled out has found some successes but also many failures — especially when it comes to helping
Canada’s mission in Iraq at a crossroads as ISIL declines, new threats emerge
OTTAWA — More than six years after Canada first deployed troops to the Middle East to help fight the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant, hundreds of Canadian Armed Forces personnel remain in the region.Canada is now at a
Canada has ‘significant’ concerns about China: Defence Minister
OTTAWA — Defence Minister Harjit Sajjan is taking aim at what he describes as China’s unpredictability, refusal to play by the rules and expanding footprint around the world, saying those are among the “significant” concerns Canada and its allies have
Canada a bright light in a horrible year for refugee resettlement: UN refugee agency
OTTAWA — The year 2020 will go down as the worst for refugee resettlement in recent history, says the UN refugee agency's Canadian representative. With nearly 168 countries implementing border and travel restrictions, millions of displaced people arou...
Twenty-five years after Rwanda, where is Canada on peacekeeping?
OTTAWA — When now-retired major-general Guy Tousignant handed over command of the United Nations peacekeeping mission in Rwanda 1995, Canada had been involved in virtually every UN mission over the previous four-plus decades. But after the scandal of ...
Top officials weighed Canadian warship’s passage through sensitive strait near China
OTTAWA — Newly released documents have shed light on the secret government talks and debate that took place ahead of a Canadian warship's passage through a sensitive waterway near China last year. Those discussions included a private meeting between th...
Canada faces fresh calls to help fight terrorism, facilitate peace talks in Mali
OTTAWA — Canada is being urged to step up its presence in Mali, including through the provision of military assistance to help fight Islamic militants in the region and a diplomatic push to lead peace and reconciliation talks. The calls for
Armenian diaspora in Canada says Ottawa must act to prevent a second genocide
MONTREAL — The ongoing conflict between Armenia and Azerbaijan is physically and emotionally distant to most Canadians, but for Montrealer Talar Chichmanian, the war is the second time since the 1990s her family has taken up arms. Her husband left Mont...
Champagne says he will stop arms exports to Turkey if rights abuse uncovered
OTTAWA — Foreign Affairs Minister Francois-Philippe Champagne says he's willing to halt military export permits to NATO ally Turkey if an investigation determines Canadian technology is leading to human-rights abuses. Champagne declined to say how long...