Foreign Minister Says Ottawa ‘Closely Following’ Attack on Falun Gong Practitioner Outside Toronto Consulate

Foreign Minister Says Ottawa ‘Closely Following’ Attack on Falun Gong Practitioner Outside Toronto Consulate

Foreign Affairs Minister Anita Anand says her department is aware of and “closely following” the recent attack on a Falun Gong practitioner who was protesting outside the Chinese Consulate in Toronto.

“Global Affairs Canada is aware of, and closely [f]ollowing, the troubling incident that occurred on September 22, 2026, involving a peaceful Falun Gong protester on the sidewalk outside the Chinese Consulate in Toronto,” Anand wrote in an Oct. 22 letter to Conservative MP Jacob Mantle, who had written to the minister about the attack.

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HANNAFORD: Why would Canada seek closer ties with a struggling Europe?

HANNAFORD: Why would Canada seek closer ties with a struggling Europe?

Informed that the European Union (EU) had no interest in having Canada as an associate member, I confess I was through the five stages of grief before I reached the end of the sentence.

What middle-power fantasy had ever possessed our minds that a formal relationship with a culture that has lost its way would ever seem attractive to four Canadians out of five polled?

Buy their cheese, sell them maple syrup, by all means. But we’re already doing that.

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Canada and Europe look beyond the US and China — but carefully

Canada and Europe look beyond the US and China — but carefully

MONTREAL — There’s one thing the European Union and Canada want to avoid with their new alliance: stoking new fury from Washington and Beijing.

Officials have been under pressure to check off everything they said they would do at the last summit and on Friday will unveil the areas they plan to focus on over the next year, as they intensify their transatlantic cooperation. But don’t expect a parade of new deals.

“Canada has objectives where they need our technology — so you can build a beautiful relationship if you focus on it,” one senior EU official told POLITICO about shared challenges in diversifying away from the U.S. and China. The official was granted anonymity to speak candidly about sensitive diplomatic negotiations between Brussels and Ottawa.

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Ottawa inspired by NAFTA as it pursues a new Canada-EU alliance, Joly says

Ottawa inspired by NAFTA as it pursues a new Canada-EU alliance, Joly says

MONTRÉAL — Ottawa is drawing inspiration from the North American Free Trade Agreement as it works to develop a new alliance with the European Union, Industry Minister Mélanie Joly says.

Joly told The Canadian Press that Canada’s trade agreement with the United States and Mexico fostered industrial integration that has worked effectively in North America for decades.

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Carney says new alliance with EU will help both sides ‘withstand shocks together’

Carney says new alliance with EU will help both sides ‘withstand shocks together’

Prime Minister Mark Carney pitched a new alliance between Canada and the European Union as a way to build a “more resilient world” in the face of rising nationalist forces.

“It means, at its base, sovereignty,” said the prime minister, marking the official opening of the Canada-EU summit in Montreal on Friday.

“Greater resilience [and the] ability to withstand shocks together.”

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Carney racks up $175,248 airplane food bill on 10-day international trip

Carney racks up $175,248 airplane food bill on 10-day international trip

Prime Minister Mark Carney and his entourage racked up a $175,248 airplane catering bill during a 10-day international trip that included gourmet meals of beef tenderloin, veal, truffle risotto and crème brûlée.

The Canadian Taxpayers Federation (CTF) obtained access-to-information records detailing the meals served during Carney’s January 13-22, trip to China, Qatar and the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland.

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Canada and EU sign deals charting path to ‘associate member’ status

Canada and EU sign deals charting path to ‘associate member’ status

MONTREAL— At the end of a two-day summit, Canada and European Union leaders set the two allies on a course toward greater integration in defiance of U.S. threats that would be viewed as a “hostile act” warranting possible stiffer tariffs.

Negotiations that intensified over the past year led Friday to several agreements signed, with more promised over the next 12 months, that lay out specific details about how Ottawa and Brussels will work to “make Canada the first associate member to the EU,” according to an European fact sheet that was later being updated.

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If Europe gets a closer look at Canada, it may not like what it finds

If Europe gets a closer look at Canada, it may not like what it finds

The European Union’s recent overtures toward giving Canada special recognition in the bloc are heavily reliant on a view of Canada as a like-minded democracy to European partners.

That was a key message in Prime Minister Mark Carney’s September speech to the European Parliament in Strasbourg. “A Canada-EU alliance would create a beacon for other democracies,” he said, while also warning about the erosion of democratic norms – making an obvious wink at the United States.

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Carney’s Trade Reset Risks Deepening The Foreign Interference Ottawa Was Warned About Seven Years Ago

Carney’s Trade Reset Risks Deepening The Foreign Interference Ottawa Was Warned About Seven Years Ago

OTTAWA – As Canada prepares to unveil a new national security strategy, The Bureau’s exclusive reporting exposes an uncomfortable test for the Liberal government: what has it done to close the vulnerabilities Canada’s intelligence community identified seven years ago—and is Mark Carney now making them worse by deepening partnerships with governments accused of exploiting them?

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LILLEY: Carney’s European romance hits the rocks

LILLEY: Carney’s European romance hits the rocks

Europe just isn’t that into us!

In September, it looked like love at first blush as European Union President Ursula von der Leyen offered Canada something special. She was looking right at a smiling Mark Carney, sitting in the European Parliament delivering her State of the Union address, when she essentially suggested that Canada and the EU start going steady.

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John Ivison: Ottawa lets a key Arctic defence-tech company slip into foreign hands

John Ivison: Ottawa lets a key Arctic defence-tech company slip into foreign hands

Last week, the Israeli defence giant Elbit Systems announced that it had completed the purchase of International Submarine Engineering, an autonomous underwater vehicle (AUV) company based in Port Coquitlam, B.C.

The sale of the underwater-drone maker was greeted with dismay by those familiar with ISE’s storied 50-year history. The company was founded by Jim McFarlane, a former lieutenant commander in the Royal Canadian Navy who had been involved in the design and construction of the Oberon-class of diesel electric submarines.

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Carney has betrayed Canada

Carney has betrayed Canada

This summer, Mark Carney was confronted by dozens of cousins he never knew he had. The Canadian Prime Minister was visiting Aughagower, a small village in the west of Ireland. It was the home of his grandparents until 1925, when they decided to move to Canada to build a better life. “Welcome home Mark!” screamed hundreds of Irish admirers. To mark the bonds between Ireland and Canada, the prime minister planted an oak tree next to the graveyard where his relatives are buried.

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GOLDSTEIN: Magic beans won’t fix the Canadian economy

GOLDSTEIN: Magic beans won’t fix the Canadian economy

Prime Minister Mark Carney’s campaign to forge a closer economic alliance with the European Union is just the latest Liberal government magic bean to cure what ails our economy.

It’s not that increasing trade with the EU under what was originally described as Canada becoming an “associate member” but has now reportedly been reclassified as “ever closer association” — whatever that means — is a bad idea.

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Canadian Minister Leaves PRC-Link Question Unanswered After Conservative MP Demands Probe of Alleged Death Threat Outside China’s Toronto Consulate

Canadian Minister Leaves PRC-Link Question Unanswered After Conservative MP Demands Probe of Alleged Death Threat Outside China’s Toronto Consulate

OTTAWA — A Conservative MP who demanded that Canada investigate whether a man accused of threatening to kill a Falun Gong protester outside China’s Toronto consulate was acting for Beijing has received a response from Foreign Affairs Minister Anita Anand that leaves the central question unanswered: whether the suspect is a Chinese diplomat or otherwise connected to the Chinese government.

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