Canada

Politics

The leader of Canada's left-wing New Democratic Party, Jagmeet Singh, said in a letter addressed to the Canadian people that his caucus plans to present a formal motion of no-confidence against Prime Minister Justin Trudeau after Parliament returns from the winter break on Jan. 27, 2025, Reuters reported on Dec. 20.

Canada: New Democratic Party Leader Plans No-Confidence Motion Against Trudeau in 2025

Economics

Canadian Deputy Prime Minister Chrystia Freeland, who also served as minister of finance, abruptly resigned on Dec. 16 in a letter posted on X strongly criticizing Prime Minister Justin Trudeau.

Canada: Deputy Prime Minister Resigns in Latest Blow to Trudeau Government

United States

Military & Security

Canada is planning to raise security at the U.S.-Canada border to avoid 25% tariffs that U.S. President-elect Donald Trump threatened to impose on Canada in November over drug trafficking and illegal migration concerns, The New York Times reported on Dec. 11.

Canada: Trudeau Government Plans To Increase Border Security Measures To Avoid Trump's Tariffs

Mali

Russia

Malian authorities issued an arrest warrant against the CEO of Canadian mining company Barrick Gold Corp., Mark Bristow, on money laundering charges, Reuters reported on Dec. 5.

Mali: Junta Issues Arrest Warrant Against Barrick Gold CEO

Indonesia

Indonesia and Canada signed a Comprehensive Economic Partnership Agreement to bolster bilateral trade and sustainable critical mineral and agricultural development, Reuters reported on Dec. 2. 

Indonesia, Canada: New Trade Deal To Remove Tariffs, Increase Investment

China

Cyber

Environment, Science & Technology

Science & Technology

The Canadian government directed social media platform TikTok, owned by Chinese-based company ByteDance, to close its offices in the country due to national security risks, The New York Times reported on Nov. 7.

Canada: Government Directs TikTok To Shutter Offices, Citing National Security

Germany

United Kingdom

Western security officials suspect two incendiary devices found in July at DHL facilities in the United Kingdom and Germany were tests for a Russian-backed operation to send similar devices aboard planes bound for the United States and Canada, The Wall Street Journal reported on Nov. 4.

U.S., Canada: Russia Accused of Testing Incendiary Devices To Send Aboard Planes Destined for North America

Alberta province's conservative government filed a federal lawsuit against Canada's federal government saying that Ottawa's carbon tax exemption for home heating oil was unconstitutional and unlawful, the Edmonton Journal reported on Oct. 29.

Canada: Alberta Sues Federal Government Over Carbon Tax's Heating Oil Exemption

Snapshots

Mexico

NYSE workers during morning trading Nov. 26 in New York. Incoming U.S. President Donald Trump is unlikely to place large tariffs on Canada and Mexico immediately upon taking office, but the mere threat to do so will likely chill investment in North America amid growing uncertainty about U.S. trade policy.

Though tariffs are unlikely, threats alone will likely chill investment amid growing uncertainty about U.S. trade policy.

Trump's Tariff Threats Alone Likely to Chill North American Investment

India

Indian policemen stand guard outside the entrance of the High Commission of Canada in New Delhi on Oct. 15, 2024. 

The dispute over India's alleged covert activities on Canadian soil will raise the risk of restricted consular services and protests in both countries, but major economic disruptions are unlikely.

India and Canada's Diplomatic Rift Hits a New Low

The national Parliament in the Canadian capital of Ottawa.

Global Elections

The prospect alone of early elections will paralyze policymaking until the deadline for general elections next year.

Trudeau's Struggles Will Paralyze Policymaking in Canada Ahead of Elections

Assessments

A Sikh protest on Sept. 22, 2023, in Amritsar, India. India may conduct further covert action in the West that disrupts diplomatic relations, but more consequential, longer-lasting ruptures between the two sides remain unlikely.

India may conduct further covert action in the West that disrupts diplomatic relations, but more consequential, longer-lasting ruptures between the two sides remain unlikely.

How Indian Covert Action in the West Would Affect Ties

World Sikh Organization of Canada President Mukhbir Singh and National Council of Canadian Muslims CEO Stephen Brown speak during a press conference at the Canadian House of Commons in Ottawa on Sept. 19, 2023.

Recent allegations will raise tensions between Canada and India, leading to near-term security risks and possible tit-for-tat retaliation.

Canada-India Ties Take a Dive Following Ottawa's Allegations

Media

Podcasts

Can masks protect you from wildfire smoke?

Beyond COVID: Potential Health Effects From the Canadian Wildfires

Iran

Turkey

Europe

The flag of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) flutters in front of the IAEA building in Vienna, Austria, on July 10, 2019.

Energy

A look at what the coming week will bring -- and a list of recommended RANE articles from the week that was.

The Weekly Rundown: EU Commission President Visits the U.S. and Canada, China's 'Two Sessions' Meetings Begin

Japan

France

Passengers of a flight from China walk toward a COVID-19 testing center after arriving in Paris, France, on Jan. 1, 2023. 

The Weekly Rundown: China Ends COVID-19 Travel Restrictions, Biden Meets With Japan, Canada and Mexico's Leaders

Italy

Officials from Germany, Ghana, Canada, Japan, the United Kingdom, the African Union, the European Union, France, the United States and Kenya participate in a working session at a G-7 Foreign Ministers Meeting in Muenster, western Germany, on Nov. 4, 2022. 

The world’s most developed economies are generally poised to ride out the impending global recession -- with debt-ridden Italy being the one possible exception.

Assessing the Risk of Debt Crises in G-7 Countries

The flags of the G-7 countries and the European Union are seen on June 28, 2022, in front of Elmau Castle in southern Germany during this year's G-7 Summit.

Russia-Ukraine Conflict

Whether the G-7 price cap succeeds hinges on global participation, but as participation rises, so do the odds of the West's nightmare scenario: Russian oil export curbs.

The More Successful the G-7 Oil Price Cap on Russia, the More Risk It Brings

Graphics

NATO's flag. NATO approved its first new Strategic Concept on June 29 since 2010 at the 2022 NATO Summit in Madrid.

U.S.-China Relations

The new Strategic Concept emphasizes a number of different threats and priorities for NATO over the coming decade.

NATO Approves a New Strategic Concept

Columns

On Geopolitics

Denmark

Finland

Sweden

Norway

Iceland

Polar bears in Essen Bay off the coast of Zemlya Georga -- an island in the Franz Josef Land archipelago -- on August 22, 2021.

China in Transition

The suspension of Arctic Council activities following Russia's re-invasion of Ukraine presents an opening for China to challenge Arctic governance.

China's Opportunity to Break Into Arctic Governance

Located on the North American continent, Canada is the world’s second-largest country. Most of Canada is uninhabited wilderness, and Arctic temperatures make the northern territories inhospitable to large population centers.     Canada became independent from the United Kingdom in 1867. The country is made up of 10 provinces and three territories. A majority of Canada’s 35 million people reside within 100 kilometers of the U.S. border, where the climate and topography support meaningful populations. However this population is spread across a distance of roughly 7,000 kilometers, from the Atlantic to the Pacific oceans. Canada's primary geographic challenge is maintaining unity across its diverse population cores, which include Toronto and Montreal in the Great Lakes watershed; the prairie provinces of Manitoba, Saskatchewan and Alberta; and Vancouver on the Pacific coast.     The economies of these population cores are geared toward external trade as they try to meet demand for their services, manufactured goods and natural resources like oil. Heavy crude oil found largely in the province of Alberta is exported to U.S. and international markets, making Canada the world’s sixth-largest oil producer. Distance and climate are perennial challenges for Canada. The Trans-Canada Railway was Ottawa’s first effort, completed in 1886, to link Montreal, Toronto, the prairies and Vancouver. Redistribution payments, collected from resource-rich provinces and disbursed to resource-poor provinces and territories, is a contemporary policy aimed to unify and equalize provincial and territorial finances.     Because of its location, Canada is well within the U.S. sphere of influence and the country's freedom to act is constrained by U.S. interests.

SITUATION REPORTS

Canada: New Democratic Party Leader Plans No-Confidence Motion Against Trudeau in 2025

Canada: Deputy Prime Minister Resigns in Latest Blow to Trudeau Government

Canada: Trudeau Government Plans To Increase Border Security Measures To Avoid Trump's Tariffs

Mali: Junta Issues Arrest Warrant Against Barrick Gold CEO

Indonesia, Canada: New Trade Deal To Remove Tariffs, Increase Investment

Canada: Government Directs TikTok To Shutter Offices, Citing National Security

U.S., Canada: Russia Accused of Testing Incendiary Devices To Send Aboard Planes Destined for North America

Canada: Alberta Sues Federal Government Over Carbon Tax's Heating Oil Exemption

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