Global Affairs Canada

While Foreign Affairs Minister Chrystia Freeland said Ottawa will wait to hear more details from Saudi Arabia before responding to the country's decision to freeze new trade deals and expel Canada's ambassador, she defended Canada's position, insisting Ottawa will always stand up for human rights.

Six months after the federal government opened the door to the export of Canadian-made weapons to Ukraine, which is locked in a war with separatist rebels, it remains a mystery as to whether any have actually arrived.

Three levels of Canadian government say they will oppose the latest attempt to open the Alaska National Wildlife Refuge to oil drilling.

Canada’s diplomatic corps has teamed up with the government's top statisticians to rapidly deploy facts across the border that can counter Trump's false statements. The partnership between data geeks and diplomats was hatched by the federal Foreign Affairs Department along with the federal government's statistical agency, according to an internal briefing note obtained by National Observer.