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In February 2007, the First Nations Child and Family Caring Society of Canada and the Assembly of First Nations filed a case under Canadian Human Rights Act 2007 claiming that the Canadian government discriminated by underfunding the First Nations Children. On 26 January 2016, the Canadian Human Rights Tribunal affirmed the complaint and ordered the Canadian Government to cease its ...

The Honourable Mélanie Joly, Minister of Foreign Affairs, announced the following diplomatic appointments to India. Cameron MacKay becomes High Commissioner in the Republic of India. Mr. MacKay is currently Ambassador to Indonesia and Timor-Leste. He will replace Nadir Patel as High Commissioner to India. Cameron Mackay joined the Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade in 1995, and has served ...

Canada Elections 2021 After many weeks of speculation, the Prime Minister has called a federal election. The formal request came this morning at Rideau Hall when Trudeau asked the Governor General to dissolve Parliament and hold a 36-day election campaign with Election Day set for September 20th. The opposition party leaders had called for the Prime Minister to hold off on an election ...

Prince Philip, husband of Queen Elizabeth and a leading figure in the British royal family for almost seven decades, has died aged 99, Buckingham Palace said on Friday.The Duke of Edinburgh, as he was officially known, had been by his wife’s side throughout her 69-year reign, the longest in British history, during which time he earned a reputation for a ...

Ontario’s Minister of Finance Rod Phillips has resigned from the position on Thursday (Dec 31), after coming back home from his personal vacation trip to Caribbean at a time when the entire province is under a COVID-19 lockdown. Premier Doug Ford issued a written statement on the same day, a few hours after Rod Phillips came back to Canada, stating ...

On Wednesday (Dec 16), Canada’s Minister of Natural Resources Mr. Seamus O’Regan has announced the launch of Hydrogen Strategy, an ambitious framework that aims to position Canada as a global hydrogen leader and consolidate this low-carbon and zero-emission fuel technology as a major part of the path to net zero carbon emissions by 2050. As the Government of Canada remains ...

India Prime Minister Narendra Modi will address the Climate Ambition Summit virtually on this Saturday (Dec 12), which will be hosted by the United Nations and the United Kingdom to commemorate the fifth anniversary of the assumption of the Paris Agreement. The Paris Agreement is an international legally binding treaty concerning climate change. The agreement was accepted by 196 parties ...

On Sunday (Nov 22), Prime Minister Justin Trudeau at G20 summit joined leaders from the world’s 20 wealthiest countries, committing to work together to keep the trade smooth, fight climate change and provide COVID-19 vaccines to poor countries. These commitments are implied in the final communiqué issued by the leaders of G20 at the end of a closed-door and two-day ...

On Saturday (Nov 7), the Indian Space Research Organization ( ISRO ) has successfully launched its mission of Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle (PSLV). The carrier PSLV C49 will deliver 10 satellites into space, of which EOS-01 is the main satellite. EOS-01 is an earth observation satellite designed to provide agriculture, forestry and disaster management support. A total of 10 satellites, ...

India and the Philippines reached an agreement on Friday (Nov 6) to strengthen bilateral defense engagement and maritime cooperation, especially in the training and procurement of military equipment, and to strengthen information sharing to combat terrorism. The decision was made at a virtual meeting of the joint commission on bilateral cooperation. The meeting was co-chaired by Mr. Subrahmanyam Jaishankar, the ...