Foreign Affairs

Senators, city councillors, academics and human rights groups who fear Myanmar’s military takeover puts the Rohingya people at greater risk are calling on the federal government to renew the financial aid granted to the ethnic minority that's set to expire next month.

OTTAWA — Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has conducted a small shuffle of his ministers before holing up later in the day for a cabinet retreat to plot strategy for the resumption of Parliament.

The election of Democrat Joe Biden as the next president of the United States is expected to have wide-ranging implications for Canadian politics and policy.

The Liberal government insisted China let parents and other primary caregivers accompany their Canadian children after leaving Wuhan, the epicentre of an outbreak of the novel coronavirus, even if they are not citizens themselves.

All representatives of civil society groups and trade unions have resigned from a panel appointed by the Trudeau government to provide advice about a new corporate watchdog, complaining that the government had failed to give the Canadian Ombudsperson for Responsible Enterprise (CORE) the teeth to investigate allegations of overseas human rights abuses against Canadian corporate citizens.

Canada’s diplomatic corps has teamed up with the government's top statisticians to rapidly deploy facts across the border that can counter Trump's false statements. The partnership between data geeks and diplomats was hatched by the federal Foreign Affairs Department along with the federal government's statistical agency, according to an internal briefing note obtained by National Observer.

A string of calming comments from U.S. President Donald Trump about NAFTA has proponents of the agreement breathing some relief that his trigger finger is far from the button that would blow up the deal.

Saskatchewan Premier Brad Wall is heading to Iowa at the request of Prime Minister Justin Trudeau to promote Canada's trade relationship with the United States.

Fresh from his meeting in Washington, Justin Trudeau sought to bring Europe a message of reassurance Wednesday about the anxiety it faces over Donald Trump's antipathy towards the continent.

According to documents obtained by National Observer, Stéphane Dion was not properly briefed on human rights abuse in Saudi Arabia before he approved a $15-billion weaponized vehicle export deal.

The Bank of Canada is warning there will be "material consequences" for trade if protectionist policies under U.S. president−elect Donald Trump come to fruition.

International Trade Minister Chrystia Freeland was sworn in as foreign affairs minister on Tuesday, taking over for veteran MP Stéphane Dion.

Countries could be swallowed whole. Drinking water could be scarce. Both could lead to increased conflict, said Foreign Affairs Minister Stéphane Dion.

Canada is sending hundreds of troops to Latvia for the long haul.

A U.S. official was shocked by how deeply detested Canada's Conservative government was by some employees of the Foreign Affairs Department.