Section: US & Canada
Chrystia Freeland: Canadians Should Be ‘Prepared’ For Russian Efforts To Destabilize Political System
Foreign Affairs Minister Chrystia Freeland says Canadians should be “prepared” for Russian attempts to destabilize the country’s political system like those directed at the United States. At a press conference with Defence Minister Harjit Sajjan, where the government announced it isextending its training mission with Ukraine until 2019,...
Sajjan, Freeland say Canada extending Ukraine training mission to 2019
OTTAWA — The Liberal government is extending Canada’s military mission in Ukraine for another two years as it attempts to send a signal of continued solidarity with the eastern European country. “Canada’s support for Ukraine is unwavering,” Defence Minister Harjit Sajjan said during a news conference Monday with Foreign...
Ottawa extends Canada’s military mission in Ukraine for 2 more years
Defence Minister Harjit Sajjan and Foreign Affairs Minister Chrystia Freeland say Canadian troops, who were supposed to return by March-end, will remain in Ukraine until at least March 2019. …read more Source: Toronto...
Sajjan, Freeland announce Canada to extend Ukraine training mission to 2019
The Liberal government is extending Canada’s military mission in Ukraine for another two years as it attempts to send a signal of continued solidarity with the eastern European country. Canada first deployed about 200 troops to Ukraine in the summer of 2015 to help train government forces after Russia annexed Crimea and began supporting...
“Facts Are in the Eye of the Beholder,” Says Roger Stone, Trump Confidante, in Exclusive Interview
The history of the 2016 election is up for grabs. Vying for posterity are two competing myths. One is the Russian conspiracy that elevated Donald Trump into the White House. The other is the “deep state” conspiracy that is laboring to bring him down. The first relies on secret evidence; the second on naked speculation and paranoid hand waving....
An Interview with Noam Chomsky on Trump and the US Election
Photo by Mike Maguire This interview took place at the University of Arizona, before a public audience, on February 2, 2017. I thank Marvin Waterstone for arranging the event, and Professor Chomsky, who approved this transcript for publication. The interview is presented in full, with only very slight editing for style. This interview originally...
Sajjan, Freeland set to renew Ukraine mission: sources
Defence Minister Harjit Sajjan and Foreign Affairs Minister Chrystia Freeland will announce this afternoon the future of Canada’s mission in Ukraine. …read more Source:...
Fan of Nazi collaborator to represent Ukraine at Paris Holocaust symposium
(JTA) — Ukrainian Jews protested the attendance at an international symposium on the Holocaust by a state historian who praised a Nazi collaborator whose troops killed Jews. Eduard Dolinsky, director of the Ukrainian Jewish Committee, last week condemned the planned attendance of Volodymyr Vyatrovych, director of Ukrainian National Memory...
Ivanka Trump, the Russia scandal and her billionaire’s social network
It looks like the controversy over President Donald Trump’s associates having questionable contacts with Russian officials isn’t going away anytime soon. And this week, someone else very close to Trump was caught up in it. The New Yorker revealed that Jared Kushner, the husband of Ivanka Trump and Trump’s loyal son-in-law and...
When You Think About Crimea, Think Crimean Tatars. Here Is Why
Three years after Russia’s annexation of Crimea, Tatar voices are still unheard. …read more Source: Radio Free Europe / Radio...
