foreign affairs

Premier David Eby says British Columbia urgently needs information from Canada’s spy agency to help combat alleged foreign interference at the provincial level. Eby speaks during the media availability at the 2024 Western Premiers Conference in Whitehorse, Monday, June 10, 2024. CANADIAN PRESS/Crystal Schick

Nijjar killing cited as Eby urges feds to help with foreign interference

B.C. premier urges PM to provide better interference information to protect province

 

Liberal MP David McGuinty, Chair of the National Security and Intelligence Committee of Parliamentarians, responds to questions from reporters before heading into a meeting of the Liberal Caucus in Ottawa, on Wednesday, June 5, 2024. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Justin Tang

Foreign actors actively targeting Canadian media: security chair

All forms of media, including mainstream media, subjected to interference: report

 

McGill University is shown in Montreal on Friday, October 13, 2023. Canada’s leading research universities warn that a proposed foreign influence transparency registry could have an unintended “chilling effect” on international partnerships, meaning Canada misses out on cutting-edge opportunities. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Ryan Remiorz

Universities warn of foreign influence registry’s ‘chilling effect’

Institutions concerned about their ability to track individual research collaborations

 

While Canada remains one of the top donors in foreign aid, nearly one-fifth of the spending goes toward refugees and Ukrainians within Canada, which analysts say reflects a turbulent period in geopolitics. Emergency food is distributed by World Food Programme (WFP) and World Relief in Kulbus, West Darfur, Sudan, in a March 2024 handout photo. THE CANADIAN PRESS/AP-HO, World Relief

Canada 7th in foreign aid spending, but a 5th goes to refugees living here

Canada spent just over US$8 billion in aid last year

While Canada remains one of the top donors in foreign aid, nearly one-fifth of the spending goes toward refugees and Ukrainians within Canada, which analysts say reflects a turbulent period in geopolitics. Emergency food is distributed by World Food Programme (WFP) and World Relief in Kulbus, West Darfur, Sudan, in a March 2024 handout photo. THE CANADIAN PRESS/AP-HO, World Relief
A public inquiry has found foreign meddling attempts didn’t change who won the last two elections, but it may have changed the result in one riding in 2021. Commissioner Justice Marie-Josee Hogue listens to a lawyer speak during the Public Inquiry Into Foreign Interference in Federal Electoral Processes and Democratic Institutions, in Ottawa, Thursday, March 28, 2024. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Adrian Wyld

Foreign interference may have ‘impacted’ election result in 1 B.C. riding

Inquiry finds ‘reasonable possibility’ it cost 2021 Steveston-Richmond East candidate Chiu a seat

A public inquiry has found foreign meddling attempts didn’t change who won the last two elections, but it may have changed the result in one riding in 2021. Commissioner Justice Marie-Josee Hogue listens to a lawyer speak during the Public Inquiry Into Foreign Interference in Federal Electoral Processes and Democratic Institutions, in Ottawa, Thursday, March 28, 2024. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Adrian Wyld
A federal commission of inquiry into foreign interference is slated to release a report today on alleged meddling in the last two general elections. Commissioner Justice Marie-Josee Hogue listens as Prime Minister Justin Trudeau appears as a witness at the Public Inquiry Into Foreign Interference in Federal Electoral Processes and Democratic Institutions in Ottawa on Wednesday, April 10, 2024. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Sean Kilpatrick

Foreign interference, election integrity focus of federal report

Federal commission of inquiry releasing findings today on alleged meddling in past 2 elections

A federal commission of inquiry into foreign interference is slated to release a report today on alleged meddling in the last two general elections. Commissioner Justice Marie-Josee Hogue listens as Prime Minister Justin Trudeau appears as a witness at the Public Inquiry Into Foreign Interference in Federal Electoral Processes and Democratic Institutions in Ottawa on Wednesday, April 10, 2024. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Sean Kilpatrick
If one thing from the foreign interference inquiry is clear, it’s that China attempted to meddle in the 2019 and 2021 elections. A voter casts their ballot in advance polls in Chambly, Que., Friday, Sept. 10, 2021. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Ryan Remiorz

What we learned from the inquiry into foreign meddling in Canada’s elections

CSIS points to China as ‘the most significant’ source of foreign interference

If one thing from the foreign interference inquiry is clear, it’s that China attempted to meddle in the 2019 and 2021 elections. A voter casts their ballot in advance polls in Chambly, Que., Friday, Sept. 10, 2021. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Ryan Remiorz
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau appears as a witness at the Public Inquiry Into Foreign Interference in Federal Electoral Processes and Democratic Institutions in Ottawa on Wednesday, April 10, 2024. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Sean Kilpatrick

Trudeau expressed frustration about ‘sensationalized’ leaks of intelligence

Prime minister testifies that, in his view, the past two general elections were free and fair

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau appears as a witness at the Public Inquiry Into Foreign Interference in Federal Electoral Processes and Democratic Institutions in Ottawa on Wednesday, April 10, 2024. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Sean Kilpatrick
MP Han Dong celebrates with supporters in Toronto on Thursday, May 22, 2014. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Nathan Denette

Han Dong tells foreign interference inquiry he met with international students

Ontario MP testifies in ongoing federal inquiry into foreign meddling

MP Han Dong celebrates with supporters in Toronto on Thursday, May 22, 2014. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Nathan Denette
Minister of Public Safety, Democratic Institutions and Intergovernmental Affairs Dominic LeBlanc scans the room as he appears as a witness at the Public Inquiry Into Foreign Interference in Federal Election Processes and Democratic Institutions, Friday, February 2, 2024 in Ottawa. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Adrian Wyld

Foreign meddling takes a toll on families inside and outside Canada

Foreign interference inquiry hears testimony from a variety of diaspora communities

Minister of Public Safety, Democratic Institutions and Intergovernmental Affairs Dominic LeBlanc scans the room as he appears as a witness at the Public Inquiry Into Foreign Interference in Federal Election Processes and Democratic Institutions, Friday, February 2, 2024 in Ottawa. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Adrian Wyld
Canada is being hailed for funding initiatives in developing countries that aim to keep women who care for children or elders from being excluded from the economy. Canada’s Minister of International Development Harjit Sajjan speaks at the Ukraine Recovery Conference in London, Wednesday, June 21, 2023. THE CANADIAN PRESS/AP-POOL, Henry Nicholls

Canada hailed for focusing foreign aid on women’s rights amid global backslide

Canada stays course on sexual-health education, contraception and family planning

Canada is being hailed for funding initiatives in developing countries that aim to keep women who care for children or elders from being excluded from the economy. Canada’s Minister of International Development Harjit Sajjan speaks at the Ukraine Recovery Conference in London, Wednesday, June 21, 2023. THE CANADIAN PRESS/AP-POOL, Henry Nicholls