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.

Iran described the downing of Flight PS752 as a “disastrous mistake."

Canada is the last member of the Five Eyes intelligence alliance to not restrict or ban the Chinese telecommunications giant from 5G in some form or another.

In an interview with The West Block, Foreign Affairs Minister François-Philippe Champagne also said he has no connections to the WE organization.

The Jan. 8 crash killed 176 people, including 55 Canadian citizens, 30 permanent residents and dozens of others with connections to Canada.

Foreign ministers from the Five Eyes intelligence sharing group discussed the situation in Hong Kong during a conference call on Wednesday, a Canadian government official told Reuters.

François-Philippe Champagne owes a state-owned Chinese bank $1.2 million. Rob Breakenridge says the foreign minister needs to do something about that or resign.

Canada's foreign minister had dodged requests to thank Taiwan directly on Thursday.

Canada's foreign minister said countries giving coronavirus supplies is a 'common endeavour.'

The Canadian Press communicated with two couples travelling on the ship, who said passengers had been allowed to leave and were on a bus to the Miami airport.