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Over 55,000 voices are on their way to Minister Freeland’s office
Marie Aspiazu | This week we delivered over 55,000 signatures calling for the protection of our digital rights in the new NAFTA to Minister of Foreign Affairs Chrystia Freeland!
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U.S. Secretary of State Tillerson meets with Canadian Foreign Minister Chrystia Freeland at the Global Affairs in Ottawa, Canada, on December 19, 2017. Photo: State Department Photo/Public Domain/Flickr
Trump's poison pill NAFTA demands still on table as Canadian position waffles
Brent Patterson | What's going on with the NAFTA talks? Has Canada changed its position? Brent Patterson breaks it down here.
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Caracas versus Ottawa: Who to trust?
Yves Engler | Canada's recent record of foreign interference elsewhere belies Ottawa's claim that it wants to protect "democracy and human rights" in Venezuela.
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U.S. Secretary of Defence Jim Mattis with Saudi Arabia's leader Mohammad bin Salman in March, 2017. Photo: U.S. Department of Defense/Flickr
Is Trudeau ready for a Middle East war?
Murray Dobbin | If such a scenario seems far-fetched, consider who currently runs Israel, the U.S. and Saudi Arabia
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Sorry Minister Freeland, Canada is a settler state near the Imperial Centre
Yves Engler | Despite its popularity, the idea that Canada was or is a "colony" obscures Canada’s place near the top of a hierarchical world economy and polity.
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Chrystia Freeland. Image: International Monetary Fund/Flickr
Ottawa's sanctions, support for Venezuelan opposition constitute regime change
Yves Engler | Notwithstanding her government’s violation of the UN and Organization of American States charters’ in Venezuela, Freeland’s claim that Ottawa doesn’t engage in “regime change” is laughable.
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Demonstrators outside Minister of Foreign Affairs Chrystia Freeland's office in Toronto. Image: Jay Collin
Canadian government support for Venezuelan opposition raises concerns
Raul Burbano | By unconditionally supporting the opposition, the Canadian government is adding fuel to the politicization in Venezuela that contributes to the conflict.
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Demonstrators outside Foreign Affairs Minister Chrystia Freeland’s constituency office in Toronto. Image: José Luis Granados Ceja​
Toeing Trump's line, Canada backs baseless fraud allegations in Venezuela
José Luis Granados Ceja | In the span of only few months, the Canadian government has issued at least 14 statements aimed at undermining the democratically elected government of Nicolas Maduro in Venezuela.
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Is Trudeau trying to oust the Venezuelan government?
Yves Engler | Following a similar move by the Trump Administration, Global Affairs Canada sanctioned 40 Venezuelans on Friday.
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Canadian sanctions against Venezuela will make Trump smile
Karl Nerenberg | Chrystia Freeland announced new sanctions against the Maduro government on Friday, likely motivated by a desire to keep the U.S. happy during NAFTA negotiations.
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Minister Freeland propagates a neoliberal myth on free trade's benefits
Rick Salutin | But no matter how many numbers Freeland plucks to show the economy's mighty growth in the free trade years, in those same years, most people's lives have hardened.
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Justin Trudeau and Donald Trump at the White House. Photo: Adam Scotti/PMO
Trudeau dodges 'poodle' label after caving in to Trump on arms build-up
Linda McQuaig | The Trudeau government's pledge to hike military spending by a whopping 70 per cent over 10 years succeeded in winning praise from Trump while going largely unnoticed by Canadians.