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Canada targets Abramovich company for Ukraine sanctions seizure

Government plans to seize US$26m from Granite Capital Holdings, owned by sanctioned former Chelsea FC owner

The Guardian - US · Dec 19, 2022

Canada expands Iran sanctions over 'human rights violations' -statement

Canada has issued additional sanctions against Iran over its denial of rights for women and girls and for cracking down on peaceful protests, Minister of Foreign Affairs Mélanie Joly said in a statement on Friday.

Reuters · Dec 2, 2022

Canada's Indo-Pacific strategy: The same old starry-eyed thinking about Asian trade

Canada’s new Indo-Pacific strategy, announced with much fanfare by Foreign Affairs Minister Mélanie Joly, marks a welcome return of common sense in place of the illusions that have dominated Canada’s approach to Asia for the past quarter-century.

The Conversation · Nov 29, 2022

Worried by Haiti violence, Canada sends delegation

Canada has sent officials to Haiti to assess the Caribbean nation's humanitarian and security crisis, saying it will not sit by idly while gangs threaten women and children there.

Reuters · Oct 27, 2022

US wants to find a country to lead Haiti military intervention by early November

The State Department is pushing back against the notion that a U.S. resolution at the United Nations proposing the deployment of a rapid reaction force to Haiti is in peril, with a senior administration official stating Wednesday that he expects the dimensions of a force to be settled by early…

Miami Herald · Oct 26, 2022

Iran protests: democracies have ‘moral obligation’ to help, Canada foreign minister says

Mélanie Joly tells meeting of female foreign ministers that they must help ‘amplify the voices of women in Iran’

The Guardian - US · Oct 21, 2022

Canada: World's Female Foreign Ministers to Meet on Iran

The world's female foreign ministers will discuss ongoing protests in Iran during a virtual meeting this week hosted by Canada, Canadian Minister of Foreign Affairs Mélanie Joly said in a statement on Wednesday. Joly and her counterparts will meet on Thursday amid unrest ignited by Iranian Mahsa Amini's death last…

Asharq Al-Awsat · Oct 19, 2022

World's female foreign ministers to meet on Iran, Canada says

Many of the world's female foreign ministers will discuss the "brutal" crackdown against protesters in Iran during a virtual meeting this week hosted by Canada, Canadian Foreign Minister Melanie Joly said in a statement on Wednesday.

Reuters · Oct 19, 2022

Push for US sanctions against supporters of Haitian gang violence grows in Congress

As support for tough sanctions against Haitian gangs and those financing them grows in U.S. political circles, two Democratic lawmakers want to require the U.S. government to carry out investigations into Haitian political and economic figures and organizations suspected of supporting gang activities in Haiti.

Miami Herald · Oct 6, 2022

Not again: Why another federal election may be on the horizon in Canada

The recent selection of Pierre Poilievre as Conservative leader and Justin Trudeau’s announcement that he will lead the Liberals into the next federal election has started a chain of events that will play out over the next 12 months.

The Conversation · Sep 27, 2022