The Cuban government is criticizing Canada's decision on Wednesday, January 30, 2019, to halve its embassy staff after a 14th Canadian fell ill to an unexplained illness in Havana.
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says he's very concerned to see China "acting arbitrarily" by applying the death penalty to a Canadian convicted of drug trafficking.
A group of Canadian lawmakers travelling to China this weekend will use the trip to push for the release of two Canadians detained there since last month, says a Conservative MP in the delegation.
Canadian diplomats will be granted access "shortly" to the second Canadian detained in China, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said on Friday, December 14, 2018, as he predicted consequences for Canada's economy from the U.S.-China trade war.
A second Canadian is missing in China after alerting Global Affairs Canada that he was being questioned by Chinese authorities, Foreign Affairs Minister Chrystia Freeland said on Wednesday, December 12, 21018.
A handful of Canadian diplomats who mysteriously fell ill in Cuba last year have been unable to return to work even as investigators struggle to pinpoint the cause of their symptoms.