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Morning Brief: North Korea in the spotlight
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UN Security Council seat not worth compromising Canadian values, PM says
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says he won’t compromise Canadian values and principles just to get a seat at the UN Security Council. Trudeau told The Canadian Press that landing the seat was not so...
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O’Toole, Kenney agree with Trump: Jerusalem is the capital of Israel
There is “no debate” over whether Jerusalem is the capital of Israel, United Conservative Party Leader Jason Kenney said Saturday. “I can’t even understand why this is a debate. Not only is Jerusalem...
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Tories to recognize Jerusalem as Israel’s capital if elected: Scheer
Conservative Leader Andrew Scheer says if his party forms government in 2019, it will recognize Jerusalem as the capital of Israel. Scheer’s declaration comes in the form of a pledge posted to the...
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Canada contributes $10 million in emergency funding for Palestinian refugees
International Development Minister Marie-Claude Bibeau announced Thursday the federal government will provide $10 million in emergency funding to the UN body UNRWA. “Palestinian refugees face a dire...
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Israel suspends UN deal on African asylum seekers
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has suspended an agreement with the United Nations that could have seen some African asylum seekers that Israel plans to turn away eventually find a new home...
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Syrian government to blame for chemical weapons attack: Freeland
LIMA, Peru — Canada has become the latest to lay the blame for a deadly chemical-weapons attack in Syria last week at Syrian President Bashar Assad’s doorstep, despite Russian suggestions to the...
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Why Trump shouldn’t hold his breath for a Nobel Peace Prize
Donald Trump says everyone thinks he should win the Nobel Peace Prize. Actually, Nigel Farage is the only big fan of the idea, if you don’t count those obsequious bottom feeders in the aquarium of...
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Freeland calls for ‘de-escalation’ of tensions in Gaza
Foreign Affairs Minister Chrystia Freehand has urged cooler heads to calm the conflict in Gaza as violence has increased to its deadliest in years. “We call for a de-escalation of tensions and a return...
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Palestinians thank Canada for not supporting U.S. embassy move to Jerusalem
Palestinian diplomats say they welcome the Trudeau government’s decision not to attend the controversial opening of the new American embassy in Jerusalem on Monday. But a spokesman for Foreign Affairs...
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‘Appalled’ Trudeau calls for investigation of shooting of Canadian doctor...
Justin Trudeau added his voice Wednesday to the calls for an independent investigation into the shootings by Israeli soldiers on the Gaza border that killed 59 Palestinians and wounded hundreds more...
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Academics urge Trudeau to condemn Israeli violence against Gazans
About 300 Canadian academics have signed an open letter calling on Prime Minister Justin Trudeau to ensure there is an independent investigation into the Israeli army’s use of force against...
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Freeland affirms ‘ironclad’ support of Israel on first Middle East trip
OTTAWA — Canada’s rejection of Jewish refugees before the Holocaust was shameful, but Foreign Affairs Minister Chrystia Freeland told Israel that it is an “ironclad” ally against anti-Semitism...
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Scheer calls for ‘total reset’ in Canada’s ties with China; support for...
Conservative Leader Andrew Scheer laid out his vision for Canadian foreign policy in a speech in Montreal today, calling for a “total reset” in the country’s relationship with China amid recent...
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Oval Office ego trumps American interests
Making America Great Again in the wider world was always going to take more than red baseball caps and angry pre-dawn tweets from the Oval Office. Donald Trump’s vision of America redux was an...
View ArticleThe Drilldown: Frontier mine expected to produce 4.1 megatonnes of GHG emissions
*This headline and newsletter have been edited after a correction was made to the National Post story cited in The Lead. The Lead The Liberal government recently agreed to push its goal to achieve...
View ArticleThe Drilldown: CN Rail to layoff close to 450 employees
The Lead More than 400 trains have been cancelled in the last week due to rail blockades in Eastern Canada, and CN Rail will be temporarily laying off close to 450 workers until the situation is...
View ArticleFord doesn’t rule out using cell data to trace COVID-19 patients
On the heels of reports that Israel’s Prime Minister has authorized the use of cellphone data to trace the movements of COVID-19 patients, Ontario Premier Doug Ford says that all options are currently...
View ArticleThe Drilldown: Michigan’s Department of Natural Resources asks Enbridge to...
The Lead Michigan’s Department of Natural Resources requested on Friday for Canadian company Enbridge Inc. to guarantee to pay for a certain amount of potential future oil spills. Michigan is...
View ArticleThe Drilldown: Global methane leaks have gone up by a third this year: report
The Lead Global methane hot spots have increased by 32 per cent this year compared to the first eight months of 2019, according to new satellite imagery from energy research company Kayrros. Leaks from...
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