A 26-year-old high school teacher has defeated a former provincial cabinet minister for the Liberal nomination in a federal riding in Montreal to replace Stéphane Dion.
Lawyer Daniel Turp is appealing a Federal Court ruling against judicial review of the Canadian government’s exports of heavily-armed vehicles to Saudi Arabia.
Dion did not initially accept the "senior position" he was offered by Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, a sign that he was not happy about the decision to relive him of his portfolio.
According to documents obtained by National Observer, Stéphane Dion was not properly briefed on human rights abuse in Saudi Arabia before he approved a $15-billion weaponized vehicle export deal.
Canadian bureaucrats pondered using the personal "brand" of Prime Minister Justin Trudeau to sell the world on the merits of the country's return to peacekeeping, The Canadian Press has learned.
U.S. Vice-President Joe Biden called on Prime Minister Justin Trudeau to be a defender of the international "rules of the road" to help shepherd the world through a period of deep uncertainty.
"This is an unprecedented breach of human rights and freedom of expression... where leaders are using the war on terror, and turning it into a partial war on journalism," said Fahmy.
They were there alongside U.S. President Barack Obama, former president Bill Clinton, Mexican President Enrique Pena Nieto, and many other world leaders who attended Peres's funeral on Friday.
Trump is a uniquely unorthodox candidate, capable of saying just about anything — making impossible claims and changing policy from one sentence to the next. So how do you debate someone like that?