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The head of the Canadian Armed Forces says Canada may be called on to help defend Persian Gulf states from Iran’s strikes as the U.S.-led offensive expands into a wider regional war. Source link

The handful of Canadian military members serving on exchange with U.S. forces in the Middle East remain in their posts, but have been assigned “other duties” outside of the campaign against Iran, the Department of National Defence said. Source link

As relations with the Trump administration remain fraught and uncertain, trade ministers from Canada and the European Union are set to sign on to a series of improvements to their bilateral trade agreement. Source link

Canada’s secretary of state for defence procurement says the government is planning to choose just one company to build the country’s next fleet of submarines. Source link

Confusing advice and on-again-off-again airport closures are complicating the evacuation of hundreds of thousands of foreigners stranded in the conflict zone around the Persian Gulf. In a region that has seen tragic mistakes resulting in the deaths of hundreds of civilian air passengers, decisions on whether to fly remain fairly ad hoc and can come […]

Foreign Affairs Minister Anita Anand says the government is looking at getting Canadians out of the Middle East, including asking the United Arab Emirates to use its airspace for chartered evacuation flights. Source link

Artificial Intelligence Minister Evan Solomon says OpenAI’s CEO agreed to let Canadian experts into its safety office to help evaluate future threats following the mass shooting in Tumbler Ridge, B.C. Source link

In an address to Australia’s Parliament that was something of a love letter to the country and its people, Prime Minister Mark Carney implored citizens in both Commonwealth realms to draw closer together amid a breakdown in the established global order. Source link

Alberta is not ready to deal with the threat of online disinformation coming from foreign actors in a possible referendum campaign on separation this fall, according to national security experts. Source link

Col. Fraser Auld’s removal “follows a loss of trust in his ability to command,” according to a Department of National Defence spokesperson. Source link