Mike Blanchfield
Reporter with The Canadian Press
About Mike Blanchfield
Canada abstains from UN vote on Trump's move to relocate embassy to Jerusalem
Canada abstained from a contentious United Nations vote on Thursday, December 21, 2017, that delivered a resounding rebuke to Donald Trump over his decision to move the U.S. embassy from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem.
'North Korea will certainly come up': Tillerson makes first Canadian visit
American officials say the North Korea nuclear crisis will be one of several topics of conversation when Rex Tillerson makes his first visit to Canada as secretary of state on Tuesday, December 19, 2017.
Canada seeks U.S. buy-in on ocean protection as part of G7 climate initiative
Trudeau formally launched Canada’s G7 presidency on Thursday with a live Facebook event and said Canada will make preservation of the world’s oceans a major agenda item.
Moore loss fuels faint hope that reluctant Republicans might support NAFTA
The scandal-tinged defeat of Roy Moore in Alabama's special Senate election is raising faint hopes that it might embolden some decidedly reluctant Republicans to speak out in support of the North American Free Trade Agreement.
Watch China's efforts to influence as Canada pursues trade, says former envoy
"It was wonderful," Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said this week in Beijing as he recalled his first adult excursion to the country. He'd been to China before, of course — as a child, with his father visiting on official political business — but this trip was different.
World at "pivot point," needs to embrace free trade: PM
The world is at a "pivot point" and will fail unless countries embrace free trade and elevate their citizens who have been left behind by globalization, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau warned Wednesday.
Trudeau says trade with China an answer to rising populism
Pursuing free trade with China and preserving the North American Free Trade Agreement are part of Canada's international mission to combat the rising tide of populism, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said on Tuesday.
Trade minister to press China on jailed Canadians during Trudeau trip
International Trade Minister Francois-Philippe Champagne says during a trip to China he plans to raise the case of two Canadian winery owners from British Columbia who have been held by Chinese authorities because of a customs dispute.
Trudeau, Xi face off on future of trade as PM China trip begins in earnest
Smiles and warm handshakes, ceremony and splendour — all of it will be on vivid display on Monday, December 4, 2017, when Chinese Premier Li Keqiang extends a red-carpet welcome to Prime Minister Justin Trudeau.
Rae urged to pressure Myanmar's neighbours to stop military's Rohingya crackdown
Canada's special envoy for the Rohingya crisis, Bob Rae, should enlist some of Myanmar's influential Asian neighbours to help stop attacks against its minority Muslim population, says a former United Nations disaster response chief.