Section: iPolitics (Canada)
Minister hints at sending more help for Ukraine amid new of violence
OTTAWA – Defence Minister Harjit Sajjan says the federal government is concerned about a new outbreak of fighting in Ukraine and is looking at ways to improve Canada’s military support to the country. Government forces and Russian-backed rebels have traded heavy fire in eastern Ukraine over the last few days, killing at least 19 people and...
How Sajjan won the argument over peacekeeping
Days into a Trump administration that looks more chaotic by the minute, it’s becoming even more clear that the Canadian cabinet shuffle of January 3 was conducted almost entirely in response to President Trump — while also reflecting a broader plan to reactivate elder statesmen in Canada-U.S. relations of the stature of Brian Mulroney and...
Canada and Russia are ‘at war’ already, says Ukrainian envoy
The West — including Canada — needs to wake up to the fact that it’s already at war with Russia, and Canadian policymakers need to send clear signals to the Kremlin about which side they are on, says Ukraine’s ambassador to Canada. In a wide-ranging interview with iPolitics, Andriy Shevchenko said that while his country is optimistic...
Why Freeland might be the right person to handle Russia
Make no mistake: Chrystia Freeland’s promotion to the position of Canada’s top diplomat is first and foremost about getting ready for relations with Donald Trump’s America. But by making Freeland Canada’s foreign minister, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has made an adroit move that stands to make Canada’s policy...
It’s time for a new campaign of Russian containment
The advent of the new Donald Trump administration in the U.S. — with its implications for renewed spending by NATO to contain the Russian revanchist threat in eastern Europe and Russian adventurism in the Middle East — comes at a significant point for Canadian defence policy, as we await the report of the Defence Policy Review Advisory Group....
In the bear’s den: Inside Canada’s training mission in Ukraine
LVIV, Ukraine — “If we were trained the same way before the war started, we wouldn’t have suffered as many casualties,” said Lt. Artem, a 23-year-old Ukrainian army company commander. Strolling off the makeshift battlefield, he took a quick cigarette break with his platoon before starting off on another ‘force on force’ training...
It’s a new Cold War — and Putin’s winning it
Recently, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau travelled to Ukraine to sign a free trade agreement with the war-torn country. Just how much the two states stand to gain from this deal remains to be seen. The Trudeau government has made some other significant political moves with regards to Canada’s relations with Ukraine since coming to power in...
Morning Brief: Friday, August 26, 2016
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Trump campaign chairman Paul Manafort resigns
WASHINGTON — Donald Trump’s campaign chairman Paul Manafort resigned on Friday in the wake of a campaign shake-up and revelations about his work in Ukraine. In a statement issued as he arrived in Louisiana to tour the flood-ravaged state, Trump said Manafort offered his resignation Friday morning. The billionaire called Manafort “a true...
Trump campaign chair Manafort tied to undisclosed foreign lobbying: sources
WASHINGTON — Donald Trump’s campaign chairman helped a pro-Russian governing party in Ukraine secretly route at least $2.2 million in payments to two prominent Washington lobbying firms in 2012, and did so in a way that effectively obscured the foreign political party’s efforts to influence U.S. policy. The revelation, provided to The...
