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Canada adds fuel to dispute with Riyadh, renews criticism of Saudi rights abuses
Aug 23, 2018 07:57Canada adds fuel to diplomatic tensions with Saudi Arabia, renewing its criticism of the kingdom’s human rights violations amid reports of a plan by Riyadh to behead an imprisoned female activist.
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World must fight against US economic dictatorship
Aug 17, 2018 17:41US President Donald Trump has kicked off trade wars with several countries, placing tariffs on everything from steel to chicken incubators. Trading partners including China, Canada, the European Union and Mexico are not sitting on their hands. They have hit the US with retaliatory tariffs in a tit-for-tat reaction.
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Is oily economy-politics behind Saudis’ crude Canadian diplomacy?
Aug 17, 2018 17:29Chile-based investigative journalist Whitney Webb, says on the current straining of ties between Saudi Arabia and Canada: For such an ugly and bizarre international fistfight to spring full-blown from a single critical tweet strains credulity. She adds: Underlying the Saudis hostile anti-Canadian actions may be a desire to signal the world to stay blind to the Riyadh regime’s internal repressions, or it may be an economic play with Canadian oil.
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Does Canada need better gun control?
Aug 11, 2018 09:58This article has been penned by Jooyoung Lee who is an associate professor of sociology and faculty member at the Center for the Study of the United States at the University of Toronto.
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Four die in eastern Canada shooting, suspect detained
Aug 10, 2018 12:07Four people, including two police officers, have been killed in a shooting attack in Canada's eastern city of Fredericton.
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Canada refuses to back down from its human rights stance in spat with Saudi Arabia
Aug 07, 2018 01:50Canada has refused to back down from its human rights stance despite Saudi Arabia's expulsion of its ambassador.
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Horrific hate crime attack on Muslim man shocks Canadians
Jul 20, 2018 03:54Muslims in Canada are shocked and outraged by a horrific assault on an Arab near Toronto, which has left him in intensive care in hospital amid an uptick in Islamophobia and anti-Muslim hate crimes.
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Trump, Trudeau discuss trade, economic issues over phone: White House
Jul 01, 2018 12:24US President Donald Trump and Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau have discussed trade and other economic issues over the phone, according to the White House.
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General Motors says US import tariffs could lead to fewer jobs
Jun 30, 2018 05:46General Motors Company, America’s largest automobile manufacturer, has warned that higher tariffs on imported vehicles under consideration by the administration of President Donald Trump could cost US jobs while isolating American businesses from the global market.
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Americans favor Trudeau over Trump on trade policy: Poll
Jun 17, 2018 04:00New polls show that more Americans support Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau than US President Donald Trump in the two leaders' quarrel over trade policy.