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On Wednesday, Harjit Sajjan, minister of emergency preparedness, said Canadians will see an early wildfire season this spring, with a higher level of fire risk. The potential for early and increased fire activity is particularly high in Western Canada, eastern Ontario, and southern Quebec.

Minister of Emergency Preparedness Harjit Sajjan focused on climate change as the predominant national security threat for Canada at the annual Conference on Security and Defence in Ottawa on Friday. “Canada is warming on average twice as quickly as the rest of the world. And in our north, it is about three times as fast,”...

Responding to a question about the future capacity of the Canadian Armed Forces (CAF), Minister of Emergency Preparedness Harjit Sajjan said in Ottawa on Friday that strengthening civil society organizations, responding earlier and only calling in the CAF as a last resort will help ensure the sustainability of its capabilities amid increasing security threats.

Speaking in the House of Commons on Monday, Liberal MP Kody Blois pressed Minister of Emergency Preparedness Harjit Sajjan on what the federal government was doing to help those in Cape Breton and across Nova Scotia following heavy snowfall over the weekend that ended with parts of Cape Breton declaring a local state of emergency....

International Development Minister Harjit Sajjan announced on Wednesday that the Canadian government was investing more than $30 million in humanitarian aid for Sudan. He said the funding is part of an overall package of more than $71 million for not only Sudan, but neighbouring countries being impacted by the crisis. The money will go towards...

On the heels of last week’s federal budget announcement, International Development Minister, Harjit S. Sajjan was in Kelowna Tuesday to promote budget 2023.

Maj.-Gen. Dany Fortin has filed a $6-million lawsuit against the Canadian government after the senior military officer was acquitted of a sexual assault charge late last year. Fortin was dropped in early 2021 as the lead for Canada’s COVID-19 vaccine program. He has named 16 high-ranking officials in a wide-ranging suit, including Prime Minister Justin...

International Development Minister Harjit Sajjan said Thursday, as his government announced the tabling of a bill aimed at making it easier to deliver aid to Afghans, that the discrimination of women and girls in Afghanistan amounts to a “gender apartheid.” He said Canada would continue to apply pressure on the Taliban to allow women and...

Canada is sending $10 million in aid to help with the response to the devastating earthquakes that struck Turkey and Syria on Monday. Canada is currently conducting a “needs assessment” to determine what the next steps should be, International Development Minister Harjit Sajjan said as he left a cabinet meeting in Ottawa on Tuesday, and...

Speaking during Tuesday’s question period, International Development Minister Harjiit Sajjan said in addition to the $10 million aid Canada that will provide to Turkey and Syria following the deadly Monday earthquake, he said the government will continue to do more following needs assessments.

As more of Canada’s top military officials are investigated on sexual misconduct allegations, survivors are still pushing for systemic change within the forces. As Mike Le Couteur reports, that also includes calls to possibly shuffle Defence Minister Harjit Sajjan out of his position, ahead of Prime Minister Justin Trudeau finalizing his new cabinet.

Former procurement minister Anita Anand was sworn-in as Canada’s new defence minister during a cabinet swearing-in ceremony at Rideau Hall on Tuesday morning. Anand takes over the position from former defence minister Harjit Sajjan, who faced months of criticism over his handling of the sexual misconduct crisis in the Canadian military.

Harjit Sajjan was appointed as Canada’s new minister of international development and minister responsible for the Pacific development agency of Canada during a ceremony at Rideau Hall on Tuesday morning. Sajjan is out as Canada’s defence minister after facing months of criticism over his handling of the sexual misconduct crisis in the Canadian military.

National Defence Minister Harjit Sajjan on how the COVID-19 is changing the way National Veterans’ Week is being marked this year.

Leader Erin O’Toole said the Conservatives are pushing for a motion in the House of Commons to censure Defence Minister Harjit Sajjan. O’Toole called the use of the censure motion “unprecedented” and said it is rarely used. “This week Conservatives called on Justin Trudeau to fire his Minister of Defence Harjit Sajjan. He refused. Mr....

On Tuesday, Defence Minister Harjit Sajjan offered his condolences to the family of Capt. Jenn Casey, who was killed in the crash of a CF Snowbirds jet in Kamloops, B.C. on Sunday.

In an interview with Mercedes Stephenson, Minister of National Defence Harjit Sajjan on Thursday called the military helicopter crash off the coast of Greece, which left at least one dead and five missing, “gut-wrenching.” The crash involved a CH148 Cyclone helicopter that was participating in a training exercise with NATO allies and crashed as it...

During Question Period on Monday, Conservative MP Candice Bergen asked Defence Minister Harjit Sajjan why he was more concerned about defending his “battle buddy than the men and women of the Canadian Armed Forces” after former military ombudsman, Gary Walbourne, testified before a Defence committee that he brought an allegation of misconduct against then-chief of...

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says his office knew back in 2018 that Defence Minister Harjit Sajjan had passed an allegation against Gen. Jonathan Vance to the Privy Council Office. But Trudeau said during a heated opening exchange in question period that saw him face repeated questions on the matter that he only learned the details...

On “The West Block” Mercedes Stephenson is joined by members of the parliamentary defence committee to discuss their probe into allegations of sexual misconduct in the Canadian Armed Forces. On the panel: Conservative MP Leona Alleslev, NDP MP Randall Garrison and Liberal MP Karen McCrimmon. Alleslev says Defence Minister Harjit Sajjan could have done more...