Kristy Kirkup
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Singh sees Quebec as 'fertile ground' for NDP as he hits province for tour
The province of Quebec offers the federal New Democrats fertile ground, NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh said on Tuesday, July 16, 2019, despite private hand-wringing about his party's state ahead of the upcoming election campaign.
At G20, Trudeau highlights plight of Canadians in China, but details scarce
Justin Trudeau kept his cards close to the vest on Saturday, June 29, 2019, as he wrapped up this weekend's high-stakes G20 meetings in Japan, acknowledging Canada's protracted impasse with China but offering few details about the ongoing effort to liberate the two Canadians caught in the crossfire.
Trudeau raises detention of two Canadians with Chinese president at G20 summit
The issue of two Canadians detained in China was raised in discussions with the Chinese president at the G20 summit in Osaka, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said on Saturday, June 29, 2019.
Canada has 'broad international coalition' of support on China file: Freeland
Canada is fortunate to have assembled a "broad international coalition" of countries who support Canada and believe arbitrary detentions are harmful, Foreign Affairs Minister Chrystia Freeland said on Friday, June 28, 2019, at the G20 summit in Osaka.
Trudeau leans on Trump to help Canadians detained in China at G20 summit
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau will lean on the power and influence of the mercurial Donald Trump to raise the issue of two detained Canadians during a bilateral meeting with the Chinese president at a G20 summit in Japan this week — something the U.S. president publicly committed to doing at "Justin's request."
Trudeau seeks support from allies at G20 amid China-Canada tensions
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has arrived in Osaka, Japan for the G20 leaders' summit, where he will look to raise the issue of two Canadians held in China at "every opportunity."
RCMP seeks names of potential victims of coerced sterilization, Lucki says
The RCMP is seeking the names of potential victims of coerced sterilization procedures and wants lawyers to help in the process, RCMP Commissioner Brenda Lucki said on Tuesday,June 18, 2019
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World has 'positive lesson to learn' after MMIWG inquiry: Trudeau
The world has a lesson to learn from Canada in the release of findings from a federally funded commission on missing and murdered Indigenous women and girls, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said on Thursday, June 6, 2019.
Killing, violence toward Indigenous women, girls 'not a relic of our past': PM
Geraldine Gauthier clutched a picture of her sister, Lynn, as she heard from the federally funded commission tasked with documenting the causes of violence against Indigenous women and girls.
Emotional ceremony to mark release of inquiry report on Indigenous women, girls
Survivors and families of missing and murdered Indigenous women and girls are preparing for what's anticipated to be a highly emotional ceremony in Gatineau, Que., on Monday, June 3, 2019, to mark the release of a report that names the issue as nothing short of a "genocide."