Foreign Affairs Minister

• Freeland hits back at Kushner book, calls Trump a ‘bully’ during new NAFTA talks

  Deputy Prime Minister Chrystia Freeland says former U.S. President Donald Trump used "bully" tactics during negotiations for a new North American free-trade agreement.

  Canada

  Aug 25, 2022
  
• Champagne butts heads with Lebanon, China on 1st overseas trip since start of pandemic

  Foreign Affairs Minister Francois-Philippe Champagne met face to face Thursday with Lebanese President Michel Aoun in Beirut, exhorting him to bend to the will of his country's "street" and heed their calls for reform.

  Canada

  Aug 27, 2020
  
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• ‘Gravely concerned’: Canada, Five Eyes allies call on Hong Kong to hold elections

  Canada and its Five Eyes allies are calling on the Hong Kong government to reinstate disqualified candidates and hold its Legislative Council elections as soon as possible.

  Canada

  Aug 9, 2020
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• Albertans race to find ways back to Canada as travel restrictions grow over the coronavirus

  On Saturday, the foreign affairs minister urged Canadians who are out of the country to return home while commercial means are still available.

  Health

  Mar 15, 2020
• ‘Dynamic’ François-Philippe Champagne set to put traits to test as foreign affairs minister

  François-Philippe Champagne has been named the new foreign affairs minister.

  Canada

  Nov 20, 2019
• Freeland’s impact on foreign policy remains even if she’s shuffled, analysts say

  Freeland was appointed foreign-affairs minister in January 2017 with one very important marching order: deal with the newly elected U.S. President Donald Trump and keep the North American Free Trade Agreement, and Canada's economy, from being trashed.

  Canada

  Nov 17, 2019
• Canada supports peaceful assembly, condemns violence in Hong Kong: Freeland

  There have been months of protests in the semi-autonomous region as some residents accuse the Communist Party-ruled Chinese government of chipping away at Hong Kong's democratic rights.

  Canada

  Aug 17, 2019
• Chrystia Freeland shares dark history lesson with NAFTA partners at trade talks

  She brought three books to a meeting with Robert Lighthizer and Ildefonso Guajardo. Two told a tale of human advancement. The third wasn't quite so optimistic.

  Canada

  Oct 7, 2017
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• China tried to block Canadian diplomats from Tibet for years: Stephane Dion

  Dion said that while China has never denied a request by a high-level diplomat to visit Tibet, it has put up roadblocks, including delays in approving travel requests and shadowing Canadians while there.

  Canada

  Oct 5, 2016
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• Trudeau condemns killing of 14 Canadian Embassy security guards

  Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has called the bombing that killed 14 Nepalese security guards en route to the Canadian Embassy in Afghanistan "appalling and cowardly."

  Canada

  Jun 20, 2016