U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio and Canadian Foreign Affairs Minister Anita Anand shake hands following talks at the G7 foreign ministers meeting in Niagara-on-the-Lake, Ont., in November 2025. (Mandel Ngan/Pool Photo via AP) Canadian Foreign Affairs Minister Anita Anand recently said, on the eve of International Justice Day, that Canada will continue to support the International Criminal Court (ICC). Anand’s comments came in response to a Wall Street Journal op-ed writte

Latest report comes as First Nations continue to raise concerns about Liberals' major projects agenda Ketty Nivyabandi, secretary general of Amnesty International Canada's English-speaking section, in Ottawa in April 2026. (Raphael Tremblay/CBC) Global human rights organization Amnesty International is concerned Canada is backsliding on Indigenous rights under Prime Minister Mark Carney's Liberal government. New laws passed last year fast-tracking major projects and expanding

Hundreds of people attend a rally to protect trans kids in Calgary, in February, 2024. Jeff McIntosh/The Canadian Press Advocacy groups are attempting a new legal strategy to combat an Alberta law that prohibits doctors from providing gender-affirming health care to transgender youth – legislation the provincial government has shielded with the Charter’s notwithstanding clause. Last June, Egale Canada, Skipping Stone Foundation and five youth and their parents won a court i

Advocates say ruling could set an ‘important precedent’ for 2SLGBTQ+ immigrants and refugees Angel Jenkel, who is non-binary, fears they...

She attributes the threats and other derogatory messages she has received to her advocacy for transgender people during her campaign in...