"Racism in any form has no place in Canada. I condemn the disgusting antisemitic comments made by Laith Marouf," Rodriguez said in a written statement to The Canadian Press.
The federal government is conducting a "complete review" of funding to an anti-racism group whose senior consultant sent a series of tweets about "Jewish white supremacists," Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said on Tuesday, August 30, 2022.
The federal government unveiled what it described as a historic first on Sunday, August 28, 2022, as it announced a five−year, $100 million plan to support LGBTQ, two−spirit and intersex communities across the country.
Canada has sanctioned a Russian woman whom the foreign affairs minister's office alleges is the architect of a scheme to abduct thousands of Ukrainian children and facilitate their adoption into Russian homes.
Parliament was lit in blue and yellow on Wednesday, August 24, 2022, evening as a crowd of several hundred people, many wearing the same colour, marked Ukrainian Independence Day.
Ukraine's ambassador to Canada says her country is investigating more than 28,000 suspected war crimes, including the killing of 373 children by Russian forces.
Diversity Minister Ahmed Hussen announced Monday that the initiative run by the Community Media Advocacy Centre — which received more than $133,000 from the Heritage Department — has been suspended.
The federal diversity minister says he's taking action over "disturbing" tweets by a senior consultant on an anti-racism project that received $133,000 from his department.
A committee of Canadian MPs is seeking budget approval to make a trade trip to Taiwan this fall despite fears that the plan risks escalating tensions with China.
Plan International Canada said it has seen a worrying increase in the number of teenage girls in the developing world being forced into marriage because their families cannot afford to feed them.
