Section: iPolitics (Canada)
Morning Brief: Friday, August 12, 2016
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How Trudeau’s foreign policy could blow up in his face
Politicians can only rarely follow through on long-term, big-picture foreign policy plans. The world shifts and changes in unexpected ways, and leaders adjust. Here, for example, is a now almost unrecognizable George W. Bush during a 2000 presidential campaign debate with Al Gore: “I’m worried about over-committing our military around the...
Dion sits down for first meeting with Russian foreign minister in years
Foreign Affairs Minister Stephane Dion is sitting down with Russian counterpart Sergey Lavrov in Laos, where the two are attending a meeting of Southeast Asian nations. It’s the first meeting of its kind in years, and represents the most tangible move yet by the Liberal government to thaw relations with Russia. Until now, contacts between...
Trudeau visits Canadian troops in Ukraine
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and son Xavier stand on the podium in front of an honour guard as they arrive at the International Peacekeeping and Security Centre near Yavoriv, Ukraine Tuesday July 12, 2016. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Adrian Wyld LVIV, Ukraine — Prime Minister Justin Trudeau thanked Canadian soldiers on Tuesday for their role in training...
Prime Minister Trudeau signs Canada Ukraine free trade agreement
Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is greeted by women in traditional dress and bread as he arrives in Kyiv, Ukraine on Sunday July 10, 2016. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Adrian Wyld KYIV, Ukraine — Prime Minister Justin Trudeau oversaw the signing of a free trade agreement with Ukraine on Monday after he and his son spent the morning commemorating the...
Trudeau won’t say if Canada to keep sending troops to Ukraine to train military
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, accompanied by Ukraine’s Prime Minister Volodymyr Groysman, pays his respects to the “Heavenly Hundred” — Ukrainians who died during months of anti-government protests in 2013-14 — during a ceremony at a monument in Kiev, Ukraine, Monday, July 11, 2016. (AP Photo/Sergei Chuzavkov) KYIV, Ukraine —...
Trudeau to sign Ukraine free trade deal
Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is greeted by women in traditional dress and bread as he arrives in Kyiv, Ukraine on Sunday July 10, 2016. Trudeau will sign a long-awaited free trade deal with Ukraine on Monday before paying his respects to those who fought and died in the country’s revolution, known as the Euromaidan, two years ago....
Canada, Latvia have some ties but work to do
Latvian President Raimonds Vejonis (left) jokes about hockey with Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau at the start of a meeting between sessions at the NATO summit in Warsaw, Poland Saturday July 9, 2016. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Adrian Wyld WARSAW, Poland — Latvian President Raimonds Vejonis wants Canadians to know that his people love hockey, and...
Trudeau arrives in Ukraine
iPolitics/Matthew Usherwood KYIV, Ukraine — Justin Trudeau has arrived in Ukraine after an emotional tour of the infamous Auschwitz-Birkenau concentration camp in Poland. The prime minister will spend the next few days meeting with the country’s leaders and civil society groups. He is expected to sign a free trade agreement, as well as...
Trudeau visits Auschwitz concentration camp
Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and Auschwitz survivor Nate Leipciger (left) listen to Director of the Auschwitz-Birkenau State Museum Dr. Piotr Cywinski as he speaks about the gas chamber they are standing in during a tour of the Auschwitz-Birkenau State Museum in Auschwitz, Poland Sunday July 10, 2016. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Adrian Wyld...
