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Canadian MPs join international push for recognition of Palestinian state
Some 30 Canadian MPs, including NDP and Green leaders Jagmeet Singh and Elizabeth May, as well as four members of the governing Liberal caucus, have joined forces with counterparts in New Zealand and Australia in support of recognizing a Palestinian state.
Nineteen failed refugee claimants were sent back to Afghanistan last year, CBSA says
Canada's border guards sent 19 Afghans who failed their refugee claims back to Afghanistan in 2023 — even as the federal government continued to denounce the human rights record of the Taliban regime that took power three years ago.
Canadian government speaking with allies about Palestinian statehood recognition, official tells MPs
Ottawa has been speaking with like-minded countries about recognizing a Palestinian state, a government official told a committee of parliamentarians studying the quickest path toward such a declaration Thursday afternoon.
Most opposition parties ditch UN climate change conference in Azerbaijan, citing human rights concerns
Most of the opposition parties on Parliament Hill are ditching the high-profile annual United Nations conference on climate change this year, citing human rights concerns in the host country Azerbaijan little more than a year after the mass exodus of nearly 120,000 ethnic Armenians from their homes in the once-disputed territory of Nagorno-Karabakh.
Canada condemns latest rollback of women's rights by Taliban regime in Afghanistan
Canada's Special Representative to Afghanistan David Sproule is condemning the Taliban's latest curtailment of women's rights. The regime moved earlier this week to prevent women from hearing each other pray or reciting the Qu'ran.
Ottawa waives fees for Lebanese temporary residents applying for work, study permits
Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada is waiving application fees for Lebanese temporary residents in Canada seeking visa extensions or open work or study permits as the conflict between Israel and Hezbollah rages on.
Trudeau, Joly head to Francophonie as war tensions engulf Middle East
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and Foreign Affairs Minister Mélanie Joly are expected to speak to representatives of Lebanon's government at the high-profile Francophonie Summit, as the conflict in the Middle East threatens to overshadow the official agenda for this annual gathering of leaders from French-speaking nations.
Immigration Department beefing up resources in Beirut amid fears of larger conflict: government official
The federal Immigration Department has beefed up human resources in Beirut in order to prioritize immigration applications from Lebanon as fears of a larger conflict embroiling the Middle East loom, a senior government source told CBC News.
Commons committee votes to study quickest path to Palestinian state recognition
MPs at the House of Commons foreign affairs committee have voted to study the quickest path to federal government recognition of a Palestinian state.
Commons committee to debate motion on quickest path to Palestinian statehood
MPs on the House of Commons foreign affairs committee are expected to resume a contentious debate later this morning on the quickest path for Canada to recognize a Palestinian state.