23 h. ago Carney reveals new pick for foreign minister in cabinet shake

Prime Minister Mark Carney has revealed his new cabinet, which includes the replacement of Melanie Joly as foreign affairs minister with Anita Anand.

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24 h. ago Anandasangaree moves to public safety and Wilkinson is out in new Carney cabinet

Carney will assemble a cabinet of less than 30 ministers and up to 10 secretaries of state

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24 h. ago Anand moves to foreign affairs, Guilbeault stays and Wilkinson is out in new Carney cabinet

Mark Carney unveiled a team of 28 ministers full of fresh faces and 10 “secretaries of state” at Rideau Hall on Tuesday.

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5 d. ago Japanese diplomats challenged to find G7 accommodation in busy southern Alberta

Finding enough rooms at the inn is proving no mean feat for Japanese government officials set to attend the G7 Leaders’ Summit in Kananaskis next month. The Asian country’s foreign affairs staff are almost certainly not alone in scrambling to find suitable lodging in a Calgary region that’ll also be hosting about 20,000 Rotary International […]

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7 d. ago Joly praised U.S. for ‘hard stand on drugs’ in private remarks: Report

Melanie Joly’s private remarks about hard drugs coming into Canada appear to be at odds with Ottawa’s public ones, according to Blacklock’s Reporter. Records show Joly, who served as Liberal foreign affairs minister before being re-elected last week in the federal election, privately praised the U.S. for taking “a hard stand on drugs” after U.S. […]

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2 w. ago Landlocked Sahel states back Morocco’s sea access initiative

DAKAR, Senegal (AP) — The landlocked countries of Mali, Burkina Faso and Niger have endorsed an initiative by Morocco to give them access to the Atlantic Ocean, the Moroccan Ministry of Foreign Affairs said. The foreign ministers of the three military-ruled West African nations shared their countries positions during a meeting Monday with King Mohammed […]

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