Section: Radio Canada International (Canada)
Canadian tour in memory of the Ukrainian genocide
They collapsed and died in the street, they died in their beds, and in the fields. In the midst of plenty, millions of Ukrainians died of starvation in 1932-33. It is known as the Holodomor- loosely translated as “death by starvation”, but also colloquially known as the “terror-famine”. It was a direct result of Josef Stalin’s poorly...
Politics Today – September 21, 2014
On this edition of Politics Today RCI’s Wojtek Gwiazda reports on the visit to Ottawa of Ukraine’s President Petro Poroshenko, on Canada’s involvement in a military advisory force in Iraq, a criminal trial involving a Canadian senator, and the decision by Canada’s largest private sector union Unifor to vote strategically...
Canada and Ukraine, leaders re-affirm co-operation and unity in Ottawa
Canada and Ukraine cemented their commitment to each other in speeches by Canada’s Prime Minister Stephen Harper and Ukraine’s President Petro Poroshenko to a joint sitting of the House of Commons and the Senate in Ottawa on Wednesday (September 17). Both leaders underlined the historic connection of the two countries and the fact...
Canada’s Ukraine reaction: tough talk, but little muscle
Outgoing NATO Secretary General Anders Fogh Rasmussen told CBC Radio that recent security threats like the crisis in Ukraine mean more defence spending is required from NATO countries. Canada’s military instead is facing deep budget cuts. © Olivier Matthys/Associated PressAs leaders from NATO countries gather in Wales for a major summit,...
Increased Canadian military presence in eastern Europe
It’s called Operation Reassurance and is NATO’s current response to the conflict in Ukraine. In May, Canada initially sent about 50 infantry personnel from the 3rd Battalion Princess Patricia’s Canadian Light Infantry (2 PPCLI) to Eastern Europe to join other NATO forces there. They were replaced in July with 118 members of the...
Halfway into its Arctic Council chairmanship, Canada gets mixed reviews
Eye on the Arctic brings you stories and newsmakers from across the North Canada is now one year into their two-year chairman ship of the Arctic Council. Canada assumed its leadership role with an ambitious plan focused on developing the North for northerners. And for the first time, an Inuk, Canada’s now-environment minister Leona...
Leadership of military observer mission in Ukraine to be taken over by Canada
Three Canadians will lead an Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE) military observer mission in the central European country, according to a media report by Postmedia News. Citing Defence Minister Rob Nicholson Wednesday (April 30) Postmedia reports the three Canadians from the Directorate of Arms Control Verification will...
Politics Today – April 20, 2014
Listen On this edition of Politics Today RCI’s Wojtek Gwiazda reviews statements by Canada’s Prime Minister Stephen Harper and Foreign Affairs Minister John Baird about the situation in Ukraine. He talks about the shutdown of government websites because of a security threat from the “Heartbleed Bug”. And he reports on the slow...
Canada’s PM Harper, FM Baird, on Ukraine and Russia’s ‘provocations’
Listen After a meeting with several East European ambassadors in Ottawa, Canada’s Prime Minister Stephen Harper and Foreign Affairs Minister John Baird once again condemned Russia for its most recent actions in Ukraine. Reports of pro-Russian separatists taking over buildings in eastern Russia on the weekend fuelled more of the Canadian...
Russia imposes retaliatory sanctions on 13 Canadians
Russian President Vladimir Putin has imposed retaliatory sanctions on 13 Canadian officials including five members of the Conservative government, three opposition party members, and the president of the Ukrainian Canadian Congress, banning them from entering Russia. A statement on the sanctions was issued Monday (March 24). Russia’s...
