iPolitics By iPolitics. Published on Mar 9, 2021 5:59am Lt.-Gen. Frances Allen depicted in an image posted to Facebook by the Canadian Armed Forces in February 2019. (Photo: Facebook/Canadian Armed Forces)
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At this hour, the first face-to-face virtual bilateral meeting between Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and U.S. President Joe Biden is underway. It is expected to last about two hours and include top cabinet officials from both sides of the border, including Deputy Prime Minister Chrystia Freeland and Vice President Kamala Harris. Minister of Foreign Affairs Marc Garneau and Ambassador of Canada to the United States Kirsten Hillman will also participate. A second expanded meeting will include several members of Trudeau’s cabinet and their American counterparts o
iPolitics By iPolitics. Published on Feb 24, 2021 6:00am Prime Minister Justin Trudeau (right) and U.S. President Joe Biden during their first bilateral meeting (Photo via Twitter/@JustinTrudeau)
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COVID, climate, and Canadians in China: Prime Minister Trudeau and U.S. President Biden wrapped up their virtual meeting yesterday with pledges to work together on climate change, pandemic recovery efforts, and freeing the two Michaels detained in China.
Trudeau and Biden meet today, and Canada-U.S. economic ties are sure to be on the agenda. The White House has signalled a hard line on its Buy American program as Ottawa attempts to seek an exemption from it. The prime minister is also expected to ask the U.S. president for help in procuring COVID-19 vaccines.
Kady O’Malley looks ahead iniPolitics AM: “The two leaders have blocked off an hour and 45 minutes for what Canadian Press has pre-dubbed the ‘Screen-Shared Summit,’ with the first 50 minutes of conversation expected to involve a relatively small circle of participants, with Deputy Prime Minister Chrystia Freeland, Foreign Affairs Minister Marc Garneau and Canada’s ambassador to the United States Karen Hillman joining Trudeau on the Canadian side of the call, and a similar array of key officials expected to be at the other end of the call. More Team Trudeau front benchers will join the conversation at the halfway mark … as well as a larger contingent of Am
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16 December, 2020 Mariana Grepinet reporting in the Democratic Republic of Congo in 2010. Alvaro Canovas/Paris Match via Getty Images
It didnât take me long to discover the kinds of barriers women face in journalism or understand their real-world impact on womenâs advancement.
I was working at a business magazine. A junior hire, I was the only woman in management in a newsroom mostly made up of older men. I recall an absurd debate when I queried why we didnât feature women on the cover, only to be told that the one time the magazine had done so, theyâd produced the worst-selling edition in its history.