July 17, 2024opinionTo increase trade and investment, fix Canada’s troubled foreign serviceKevin Yin4 min read
March 7, 2024Politics Briefing: Trudeau won’t confirm if Canada will restore funding to UN relief agency in Gaza4 min read
March 7, 2024Morning Update: Michael Spavor reaches multimillion-dollar settlement with Ottawa for Chinese imprisonment6 min read
December 21, 2023Morning Update: Watchdog rebukes diplomatic intelligence-collection program for lack of safeguards and oversight6 min read
November 24, 2023Evening Update: Hamas releases 24 hostages as truce with Israel takes hold in Gaza5 min read
November 24, 2023Morning Update: Watchdog report on Global Affairs unit named in Michael Spavor’s case still unreleased three years after its completion6 min read
November 24, 2023opinionMichael Spavor’s accusations are playing into Beijing’s handsPeter Humphrey4 min read
November 22, 2023Politics Briefing: Explosion of vehicle at Rainbow Bridge border crossing puts Canadian, U.S. governments on alert7 min read
November 22, 2023opinionMore than anything, Michael Spavor was the victim of a coercive BeijingGuy Saint-Jacques3 min read
November 21, 2023Morning Update: Ottawa faces calls to strengthen oversight of Global Affairs unit that collects intelligence6 min read
November 20, 2023Morning Update: China decries Canada’s ‘hypocrisy’ after Spavor blames Kovrig for their detention6 min read
November 18, 2023Great Reads: The two Michaels, Ukrainian seniors refuse to leave home, and the millionaire behind a B.C. ghost town 5 min read
August 18, 2023Head of Vancouver-based immigration firm reportedly arrested in China for illegal currency trading4 min read
April 5, 2023Amid hostage diplomacy spike, British look to Canada’s ‘two Michaels’ case for lessons3 min read
June 21, 2022Federal unit flags apparent Chinese information campaign to sow doubt on return of Kovrig and Spavor 4 min read
December 9, 2021Unresolved issues with China hang over the two Michaels, Foreign Affairs Minister says3 min read
December 7, 2021opinionForeign Affairs Minister Mélanie Joly shows precious little understanding of her departmentJohn Ibbitson3 min read
December 6, 2021politics briefing newsletterPolitics Briefing: Dominic Barton to step down as Canada’s ambassador to China7 min read
December 6, 2021PM urged to seek out expert on China to replace Dominic Barton as Canadian ambassador 5 min read
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