Global Affairs Canada

• Consular services won’t be affected by Global Affairs Canada cuts: minister

  The recent federal budget includes a $561 million cut to the department's budget next year, which increases to a $1.1 billion cut two years later.

  Canada

  Nov 28
  
• Russian snipers are using Canadian rifles, despite sanctions

  Despite sanctions, made-in-Canada long-range firearms are turning up in Russia.

  Canada

  Oct 29
  
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• Death row, detainment and geopolitics cause surge in Canadian consular cases

  Global Affairs said it has had to deploy evacuation personnel to extract Canadians from crisis situations much more frequently than before, up 3.4 times over the past five years.

  Canada

  Oct 13
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• Wine, candy and room service: How Ottawa spent $170,000 on Canadian ISIS women

  Global Affairs Canada went well over budget helping ISIS women return home from Syria with their kids.

  Canada

  Aug 14
• Global Affairs Canada to see cuts under Carney’s plan, Anand says

  Finance Minister François-Philippe Champagne sent letters to ministers on Monday asking them to find savings of 7.5 per cent in their budgets starting next spring.

  Politics

  Jul 14
• How Canada’s election may have left ‘gaps’ in U.S. travel advice

  With Canada in a caretaker government, bureaucrats weighed the potential 'sensitivities' of acting during a federal election campaign that revolved around U.S.-Canada relations.

  Canada

  Jul 6
• Canada relocates some Israeli embassy staff as Iran conflict flares

  As of Monday, over 80,000 registered Canadians are in the Middle East, including over 3,500 in Iran and over 6,700 in Israel, the West Bank and Gaza, Global Affairs Canada said.

  Canada

  Jun 17
• Canada ‘deeply alarmed’ by Gaza violence as aid group pauses food delivery

  Global Affairs Canada again called on Israel to allow the United Nations to resume humanitarian work in Gaza after days of shooting incidents at aid distribution sites.

  World

  Jun 4
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• Carney’s plan to boost Canada’s foreign service needs more details: union

  The Liberal election platform said a Carney government would send "more Canadian diplomats and officials abroad" to expand trade and "restore Canadian leadership."

  Canada

  May 8
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• A Canadian has been arrested in Russia, officials say

  Global Affairs Canada said it is 'aware of an arrest involving a Canadian in Russia,' adding that officials have reached out to local authorities to offer consular assistance.

  Canada

  Aug 21, 2024