Stephane Dion

Canadian bureaucrats pondered using the personal "brand" of Prime Minister Justin Trudeau to sell the world on the merits of the country's return to peacekeeping, The Canadian Press has learned.

U.S. Vice-President Joe Biden called on Prime Minister Justin Trudeau to be a defender of the international "rules of the road" to help shepherd the world through a period of deep uncertainty.

"This is an unprecedented breach of human rights and freedom of expression... where leaders are using the war on terror, and turning it into a partial war on journalism," said Fahmy.

They were there alongside U.S. President Barack Obama, former president Bill Clinton, Mexican President Enrique Pena Nieto, and many other world leaders who attended Peres's funeral on Friday.

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The total includes just over $220,000 in relocation expenses for five staffers in the Prime Minister's Office, just one of whom racked up almost $127,000 for "moving services."

Erik Solheim says Nokia lost the cell phone market because it didn't embrace touch screens, while Steve Jobs and Korean manufacturers spearheaded change.

The Trudeau government has shaken up its cabinet committees and removed Global Affairs Minister Stéphane Dion from the environment, climate change and energy committee which he chaired.

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

The meeting between Dion and Lavrov has been welcomed by Russian officials, who are hoping for a fresh start in relations between the two countries.

Foreign Affairs Minister Stephane Dion said Canada is also troubled by reports of the firings and detentions of tens of thousands of people.

Almost all are career public servants, with three of them replacing political appointees of the Harper government in the United Kingdom, Iraq and Israel.

The Turkish government said Monday it detained 755 judges and prosecutors and 650 civilians as well as more than 6,100 members of security forces.

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

At the start of rare two−day meeting with 135 ambassadors and heads of mission, Trudeau repeated the message of last November that unshackled them from the message control of the previous government.