Evan Dyer
Senior Reporter
Evan Dyer has been a journalist with CBC for 25 years, after an early career as a freelancer in Argentina. He works in the Parliamentary Bureau and can be reached at evan.dyer@cbc.ca.
Latest from Evan Dyer
Trump's tariff threat could force Canada to face tough decisions on sovereignty
Canada might be asked to make concessions in order to satisfy the Trump administration's demands on drug trafficking and illegal migration — concessions that could affect Canada's sovereignty and its ability to make its own decisions.
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Trump's tariff threat throws a spotlight on the whack-a-mole trade in drug precursors
Donald Trump's latest tariff threat is focusing attention on the threat posed by fentanyl and its precursors. But stifling the drug trade by trying to control the trade in precursors is a frustrating and not very effective approach that has failed to produce the desired results in the past.
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Mexico steels itself for the return of a hostile President Trump
Mexican president Claudia Sheinbaum got a foretaste of what dealing with U.S. president-elect Donald Trump will be like on Wednesday night when she was forced to correct what appeared to be his mischaracterizations of their first conversation.
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As Trump's return threatens to end U.S. support for Ukraine, allies scramble to fill the gap
While the incoming Trump administration appears determined to end U.S. support for Ukraine, other western allies — including Canada — say they're not ready to give in. But can they fill the vacuum if America decides to cut and run?
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Border agency clears employee after Indian media reports link him with terrorism
A Canada Border Services Agency superintendent is speaking out after being targeted by the Indian government with allegations of murder and terrorism — allegations Canadian authorities say are not backed by any evidence.
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India makes it clear it's not interested in a Western alliance
India's PM Narendra Modi has made a number of gestures this week that appear to signal India will not be taking sides with the West and its Asian allies against a Russia-China axis. U.S. and Canadian accusations of murder plots aimed at India's enemies have not helped the West to make its case.
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More layers of India's alleged covert operation likely to be exposed as RCMP probe continues: sources
The six senior diplomats Ottawa is ordering out of the country may not be the last Indian officials to be expelled as Canadian police investigate the alleged involvement of agents of the Indian government in "widespread violence" here, sources close to the investigation have told CBC News.
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Angry claims of 'double standards' in international law roil the UN
As representatives of the world's governments met at the UN General Assembly in New York earlier this week, tensions were growing in the world body over what many countries describe as double standards in the application of the UN Charter, which prohibits the seizure of territory by force.
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Terror suspect who entered Canada on student visa to await U.S. evidence in jail
A Pakistani national accused of planning a terror attack against a Jewish centre in Brooklyn, New York likely will spend several more weeks in Quebec's Bordeaux jail while U.S. authorities present evidence to back up an extradition request.
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How Russia uses race and migration to divide the West
It makes sense for Russian propaganda to boost Russia or undermine Ukraine — but what explains its obsessive focus on issues of race and migration in the West? In other words, what does Moscow gain from boosting stories about migrants eating cats and ducks?
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