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Prime Minister Mark Carney says Beijing doesn’t understand how seriously Canadians take issues of foreign interference, after raising them with Chinese President Xi Jinping. “We had a discussion on foreign interference,” Carney told reporters Saturday before leaving the Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation forum in Gyeongju, South Korea.“I don’t think they recognize the level of concerns we have about these issues, but we manage these issues in Canada; we have a structure to manage them.”The prime minister also referred to China as “the rising economic power.”Carney and Xi met alongside top officials Friday for 40 minutes, in what was the first formal meeting between leaders of the two countries since 2017. Both characterized it as a turning point in the relationship.A public inquiry in Janua...

OTTAWA – When Nancy Payne lays a wreath on Remembrance Day at the National War Memorial, it won’t be the first time she’s represented mothers of Canadian soldiers who have died in combat. But it will be her first on such a stage.Payne has laid a wreath at her local Remembrance Day ceremony as a Silver Cross Mother every year since 2006, when her son was killed in Afghanistan.While Payne typically attends her local ceremony in Lansdowne, Ont., her husband David Payne — who served 30 years in the Canadian Armed Forces infantry — attends the larger ceremony 15 minutes down the road in Gananoque.“We spread ourselves around so we’re not both at the same one, so we’re out and about in the community,” Nancy said. Related Videos ...

Prime Minister Mark Carney says Beijing doesn’t understand how seriously Canadians take issues of foreign interference, after raising them with Chinese President Xi Jinping. “We had a discussion on foreign interference,” Carney told reporters Saturday before leaving the Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation forum in Gyeongju, South Korea.“I don’t think they recognize the level of concerns we have about these issues, but we manage these issues in Canada; we have a structure to manage them.”The prime minister also referred to China as “the rising economic power.”Carney and Xi met alongside top officials Friday for 40 minutes, in what was the first formal meeting between leaders of the two countries since 2017. Both characterized it as a turning point in the relationship.A public inquiry in Janua...

Prime Minister Mark Carney says he apologized to United States President Donald Trump after an Ontario anti-tariff ad aired in the U.S. last week. Carney made the comments Saturday from South Korea at the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation summit when asked by reporters whether an apology was made.“I did apologize to the president. The president was offended by the ad, and it’s not something I would have done, which is to put in place that advertisement, and so I apologized to him,” Carney said.“I’m the one who is responsible, in my role as prime minister for the relationship with the President of the United States, and the federal government is responsible for the foreign relationship with the U.S. government. So, things happen. We take the good with the bad, and I apologized to him.” ...