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Canada MPs vote to strip Myanmar’s Suu Kyi of honorary citizenship
Sep 28, 2018 10:11Canadian lawmakers have voted unanimously to revoke the honorary citizenship of Myanmar's de facto leader Aung San Suu Kyi in response to crimes committed against the Rohingya Muslim minority.
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Trade tensions increase as US-Canada talks miss deadline
Sep 03, 2018 11:52Talks between US and Canadian representatives on a revamped North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) broke up without an agreement, missing the deadline for a deal set by the Trump administration.
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US, Canada fail to reach agreement on NAFTA, talks to resume next week
Sep 01, 2018 04:07The United States and Canada have failed to reach a final deal on the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) in spite of long discussions this week.
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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.