Canada's top diplomat in Britain, Gordon Campbell, says it's time to take the vitriol out of the referendum campaign to leave the EU following the killing of a British parliamentarian this week.

Robert Hall had been held hostage by Abu Sayyaf since September 2015.

At the start of rare two−day meeting with 135 ambassadors and heads of mission, Trudeau repeated the message of last November that unshackled them from the message control of the previous government.

Because Barack Obama’s days in office are numbered, Canada isn’t pursing any major initiatives beyond climate change for reinvigorating the complicated three−way relationship at the summit.

Canada expressed its "dissatisfaction" with China after its foreign minister publicly berated a Canadian journalist, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said.

Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi said it was "irresponsible" of a journalist from the web outlet IPolitics to ask about human rights and the jailing of a Canadian, Kevin Garratt.

The extra public servants are among a handful of enhancements the Liberals are adding to a major project started by the Conservatives — one they say has been plagued by huge cost overruns.

Christyn Cianfarani, president of the Canadian Association of Defence and Security Industries, said Wednesday said it is the responsibility of her industry to follow the rules set by the government.

The federal government is giving its new watchdog on international corporate responsibility unprecedented power to hear complaints from Canadian companies that think they've been unfairly targeted by abuse allegations.