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26.10.2021 / 16:49

Trudeau to unveil new cabinet, shuffle senior ministers and drop Garneau: sources

Justin Trudeau will overhaul his cabinet today as he gears up to rapidly deliver on a host of priorities for his third term as prime minister.He is expected to add a number of new faces from the Liberal backbench, shuffle the existing roster in some of the most senior portfolios and drop at least one minister altogether.Sources, speaking on condition of anonymity because they weren’t authorized to talk publicly about today’s swearing-in ceremony, say Foreign Affairs Minister Marc Garneau is expected to be dropped from cabinet as Trudeau makes room for fresh blood while maintaining gender parity and regional balance.Environment Minister Jonathan Wilkinson is expected to be moved to natural resources, with a new focus on clean tech.Heritage

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UNGA 2021: Canada committed to welcoming 40,000 Afghan refugees, Garneau says

Federal Foreign Affairs Minister Marc Garneau said on Monday in his address to the United Nations General Assembly that Canada is committed to welcoming 40,000 Afghan refugees. Garneau praised Canadians for welcoming Afghans following the U.S.

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UNGA 2021: Garneau thanks allies after 2 Michaels released from Chinese prison, returned to Canada

Speaking at the United Nations General Assembly on Monday, Federal Foreign Affairs Minister Marc Garneau thanked Canada’s international allies after Michael Kovrig and Michael Spavor were released from Chinese prison. The two were returned to Canada, following a deferred prosecution agreement in the case of Huawei executive Meng Wanzhou.

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Michael Kovrig returns home, and Garneau on the deal to free the two Michaels

‘The West Block’ host Mercedes Stephenson speaks with Michael Kovrig, his wife Vina Nadjibulla and sister Ariana Botha just hours after Kovrig touched down on Canadian soil after 1,020 days in a Chinese prison.

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Afghanistan Crisis: Canada to enter negotiations with Taliban, Garneau says

Foreign Affairs Minister Marc Garneau tells ‘The West Block’ host Mercedes Stephenson that Canada will enter negotiations with the Taliban. Garneau says their first priority is a safe exit for fleeing Afghans.

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Garneau to quarantine at COVID-19 hotel after G7 ministers’ meeting in U.K.

Marc Garneau will stay in a quarantine hotel for three days starting Wednesday after returning from the United Kingdom where he’s attending the first in-person meeting of G7 foreign and development ministers in over two years.Garneau’s spokeswoman Syrine Khoury said he will abide by the same rules that every Canadian has to follow after travelling outside the country, including doing PCR COVID-19 tests before and after boarding his flight to Canada and staying in a government-approved hotel for three days. Canada preparing to send COVID-19 medical equipment from emergency stockpile to India “There’s no special treatment for Minister Garneau.

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India’s COVID-19 crisis: As feds pledge $10M, here’s how Canadians can help

COVID-19 cases, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau announced Tuesday that Canada is set to donate $10 million to the Indian Red Cross as well as provide personal protective equipment (PPE) and ventilators.Trudeau talked about the “heartbreaking news from hospitals in India that are unable to keep up with the number of patients” and said Canada’s Foreign Affairs Minister Marc Garneau has spoken with the Indian government on how Canada can help.“We are also ready to provide $10 million – through the Canadian Red Cross – to the Indian Red Cross,” Trudeau said.

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Canadian officials not disclosing ‘at least 3’ new Havana syndrome cases: letter

Havana syndrome,” according to a letter sent to Foreign Affairs Minister Marc Garneau late last week.Global News obtained a copy of a letter sent to Garneau on behalf of a group of nine Canadian diplomats and their families who say they are struggling to get answers on the symptoms they say they have experienced since serving at the Canadian embassy in Havana, Cuba.The letter, dated April 21, 2021, references a briefing given to around 40 affected individuals and cites discussions about an apparent decision by Global Affairs Canada to increase staffing at the embassy in Havana and increase the length of postings.“It was explained that a key rationale for this change was that no further brain injuries had been reported since 2018.

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Michael Spavor’s trial ends without verdict, Canadian officials barred from attending

China took place behind closed doors, lasted just two hours and ended without a verdict, according to multiple local reports Friday.Canadian officials were barred from attending the trial of Michael Spavor, who was being tried in the Chinese city of Dandong on espionage charges after over two years in detention.Officials will also be barred from attending the upcoming trial of Michael Kovrig, a second Canadian who has been held for the same charges, Global Affairs Canada confirmed Thursday.The development comes as Foreign Affairs Minister Marc Garneau confirmed on Wednesday that the Canadian Embassy in Beijing has been notified of the court dates for Spavor and Kovrig.

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‘One of our finer moments:’ How COVID-19 caused a huge scramble to repatriate Canadians

cruise ships cast adrift as the COVID-19 pandemic caught fire one year ago. After being rejected at several ports across South America, their ship found its final refuge in Miami, setting off a frenzied set of flights home — through Columbus, Ohio and Newark, N.J.

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Pandemic diplomacy: Trudeau to meet virtually with U.S. secretary of state

Antony Blinken will visit virtually with Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and Foreign Affairs Minister Marc Garneau as part of the Biden administration’s post-Trump fence-mending campaign.Blinken’s “virtual trips” to Canada and Mexico mark the secretary’s first bilateral video conferences since taking office.The visit follows up on Trudeau’s own virtual summit this week with the U.S. president, which produced a “road map” for collaboration on issues like climate change, the economy and COVID-19.

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Coronavirus: Canada ends ban on flights from the U.K., Garneau says

Transport Minister Marc Garneau confirmed on Wednesday that Canada is ending its ban on flights from the United Kingdom as the new coronavirus variant continues to spread within the U.K.’s borders. Garneau said the decision was made based on the pre-departure COVID-19 testing protocol that has been put in place for travellers flying to Canada.

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Canada ends ban on flights from the U.K. citing new testing requirements

United Kingdom as the new coronavirus variant continues to spread within the U.K.’s borders.Transport Minister Marc Garneau confirmed the development during a Wednesday press conference. U.K.

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New coronavirus testing rules send Canadian travel industry into ‘tailspin’

COVID-19 test before Canadians are allowed back into the country from most international travel, says the Association of Canadian Independent Travel Advisors.The timing of Transport Minister Marc Garneau’s announcement of the new protocol last Thursday — New Year’s Eve — could not have been worse because many agents had closed their offices for the holiday long weekend, the group said in a statement. New coronavirus testing rules for travellers landing in Canada to start Jan.

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More details expected on Canada’s plan for negative COVID-19 tests for air travellers

COVID-19 before landing in Canada.The Liberals announced Wednesday that all passengers on flights entering the country will soon be required to have a negative PCR test three days before their arrival.Transport Minister Marc Garneau was in talks with airlines as the announcement was made.

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Garneau says ‘more steps to take’ after Transport Canada approves design changes to Boeing’s 737 MAX 8

Speaking to the media on Thursday morning, Canadian transportation minister MArc Garneau commented on Transport Canada’s decision to approved the design changes to Boeing’s 737 MAX 8 — an aircraft that has been grounded for nearly two years due to a pair of tragic crashes that killed 346 people.

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Fiscal update would boost child benefit and wage subsidy, calls for airline refunds

Chrystia Freeland’s plan to prop up the Canadian economy through the second wave of the novel coronavirus pandemic includes a temporary top-up to the Canada Child Benefit (CCB), a boost to the wage subsidy and targeted aid for industries that have been especially hard-hit by the pandemic.The Liberals’ fiscal update — the first spending roadmap the government has provided since the last federal budget in March 2019 — also reiterates that financial assistance to major airlines would come with refunds for cancelled flights, a commitment Transport Minister Marc Garneau made earlier this month.Seeing the economy until a self-sustaining recovery takes hold will require more spending on aid to individuals and businesses as well as targeted

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Ottawa won’t support Canadian airlines unless they issue refunds to passengers: Garneau

pandemic-battered airline industry will be contingent on carriers providing refunds to passengers whose flights were cancelled, the government announced on Sunday.Transport Minister Marc Garneau laid out the requirement as he announced that Ottawa is ready to respond to the sector’s desperate pleas for federal assistance by launching talks later this week.

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Maritime stakeholders keep an optimistic eye on 2021 cruise season

COVID-19 scrapped the season.The industry is worth about $164 million in Nova Scotia and close to $50 million in New Brunswick.All those numbers were zero for the year instead. Revenue loss from cruise ship suspension expected to reach over $165M, Halifax Port Authority says “Everybody knows what has happened,” says Lane Farguson, media relations and communications manager for the Port of Halifax, “not just to cruise here in Halifax but to all aspects of life as we know it.”Last week, federal Transport Minister Marc Garneau announced the extension of cruise restrictions in Canadian waters through the end of February 2021.

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Tens of thousands of passengers connect from international to domestic flights before quarantine

plane during the pandemic: she needs to fly from Thunder Bay, Ont., to Toronto for cancer treatment.Gillis said she felt safe during the flight, speaking briefly to Global News after disembarking at Pearson Airport.As of Friday, her northern Ontario community of Thunder Bay only had one active COVID-19 case.

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B.C. urges feds to tighten up coronavirus measures for airlines

novel coronavirus.In a letter to federal Transportation Minister Marc Garneau, B.C. Transportation Minister Claire Trevena says Ottawa must ensure that airlines adhere to health protocols for boarding a plane, including screening for symptoms, and must create flexible cancellation policies should someone develop symptoms after booking a flight.“Rather than contact tracing individuals, public health officials have reverted to listing flights with a positive COVID-19 case, which raises public concern,” Trevena’s letter reads.“We encourage the federal government to ensure the data gathered is usable and traces back to the individual traveller directly.”Provincial health officer Dr.

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COMMENTARY: Amateur ‘COVID coast guard’ keeps watch on U.S. boats. But is it too much?

COVID-19 rules apply to international marine traffic, just as they do at border crossings on land and at airports.“Canada Border Services Agency (CBSA) continues to enforce the prohibition on U.S. and foreign pleasure craft from crossing the border into Canada for tourism and recreational purposes,” Transportation Minister Marc Garneau wrote in a letter this week to the Council of B.C.

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Face masks now required on planes, trains, ships and transit due to COVID-19: Garneau

Federal Transport Minister Marc Garneau is expanding the required use of face coverings on planes, trains, ships and transit to reduce the spread of COVID-19.

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Coronavirus: Quebec cruise ship industry worries about economic impact of cancelled season

Friday’s announcement by Federal Transport Minister Marc Garneau isn’t what Quebec cruise ship operators were hoping for.

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Halifax cruise season suspended due to coronavirus pandemic

The Halifax 2020 cruise season has been suspended due to COVID-19 after Minister of Transport, Marc Garneau, announced the updated measures on Friday.

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Quebec cruise ship industry in trouble with no cruises until November at the earliest

Cruising afficionados will have to wait until at least the end of October before being able to board a cruise ship in Canada. Federal Transport Minister Marc Garneau made the announcement on Friday.

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Coronavirus outbreak: Large cruise ships barred from Canadian waters until end of October

The cruise-ship season in Canada is all but dead as Ottawa extends a ban on ships in Canadian waters until the end of October. Transportation Minister Marc Garneau says passenger ships with overnight accommodations for more than 100 passengers can’t operate in Canadian waters until at least Oct.

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Coronavirus: Large cruise ships banned from Canadian waters until Oct. 31

Overnight passenger vessels that carry more than 100 people — like cruise ships — are prohibited from operating in Canadian waters until at least Oct. 31, the federal transport minister announced on Friday.

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Coronavirus: Air travellers required to wear non-medical masks under new rules

The federal government says that all air travellers must cover their nose and mouth with a non-medical mask to curb the spread of the novel coronavirus.

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Commercial vessels, ferries to reduce passenger numbers to avoid coronavirus spread

The federal government is bringing in further measures to reduce the risk of spreading COVID-19 on commercial passenger vessels and ferries.

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