Author: Christopher Guly

OTTAWA – The Canadian government on March 17 announced it will allow an unlimited number of pre-screened Ukrainians and their immediate family members of any nationality to seek refuge in Canada as temporary residents for up to three years. The program is called the Canada-Ukraine authorization for emergency travel (CUAET). “To the Ukrainians who are...

OTTAWA – In a deeply personal speech, carefully tailored for his Canadian audience, Volodymyr Zelenskyy called on Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s government to “do more to stop Russia to protect Ukraine” and “protect Europe from Russian threats” during the Ukrainian president’s historic March 15 virtual address to Canadian parliamentarians. “We are asking for more...

OTTAWA – In a deeply personal speech, carefully tailored for his Canadian audience, Volodymyr Zelenskyy called on Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s government to “do more to stop Russia to protect Ukraine” and “protect Europe from Russian threats” during the Ukrainian president’s historic March 15 virtual address to Canadian parliamentarians. “We are asking for more...

OTTAWA – He was installed as bishop of the Ukrainian Catholic Eparchy of the Holy Family in London in a near-empty cathedral in the early days of the COVID-19 global pandemic almost two years ago on April 7, 2020. But now, amid another international crisis, Canadian-born Bishop Kenneth Nowakowski has become a central figure in...

OTTAWA – Canada has added Russian oligarch Roman Abramovich’s name to a growing list of sanctions against Russia, and has allocated more than $100 million in humanitarian aid and immigration assistance to Ukrainians as their country faces an unrelenting assault from Russian military forces. Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau made the announcements on March 11...

OTTAWA – Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said on March 9 that he has invited Volodymyr Zelenskyy to address Canada’s Parliament a day after the Ukrainian president made British history when he addressed the United Kingdom’s House of Commons remotely via video link from an undisclosed location in Ukraine. Mr. Trudeau offered no date as...

OTTAWA – Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said on March 9 that he has invited Volodymyr Zelenskyy to address Canada’s Parliament a day after the Ukrainian president made British history when he addressed the United Kingdom’s House of Commons remotely via video link from an undisclosed location in Ukraine. Mr. Trudeau offered no date as...

OTTAWA – The “incredible tragedy” unfolding in Ukraine as a result of the Russian invasion was part of a changing world order and not completely unexpected in light of Moscow’s annexation of Crimea eight years ago, Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said on March 4 at a meeting with members of the Ukrainian Canadian community...

OTTAWA – “Canada is ready to welcome Ukrainians fleeing Vladimir Putin’s war, and there is no limit to the number of applications that we are going to be willing to accept,” Canadian Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Minister Sean Fraser said at a March 3 news conference in Ottawa where he unveiled two new programs for...

OTTAWA – Canada will send Ukraine with anti-tank weapons systems and upgraded ammunition, and will ban Russian crude oil imports, Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau announced on February 28. The newly announced lethal aid includes 10 Carl Gustav anti-tank weapons systems and 2,000 rockets as ammunition for the shoulder-mounted weapons, Canadian Defense Minister Anita Anand...

OTTAWA – Canada will petition the International Criminal Court (ICC) to investigate Russia “for crimes against humanity and war crimes,” Canadian Foreign Affairs Minister Mélanie Joly told reporters in Geneva on March 1 after joining a walkout in protest of Russian Foreign Affairs Minister Sergei Lavrov’s virtual speech to the United Nations Human Rights Council....

OTTAWA – “The world has responded in an unprecedented, united and coordinated way to respond to Vladimir Putin’s grave mistake” in ordering the invasion of Ukraine, Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said in Ottawa on February 25, and the Russian president will now face the consequences. Canada has imposed its third set of sanctions against...