OTTAWA–Foreign Affairs Minister Maxime Bernier has to travel first class to “stand tall” on the world stage, Conservative government House leader Peter Van Loan says.
Van Loan was defending Bernier, who has been dogged by criticism since taking on the portfolio last August, including over his relationship with a Quebec woman who had close ties to [...]

“I’m very concerned with the international situation and what’s happening in Tibet,” Rogge said Monday at a meeting of the IOC and national Olympic committees in Beijing.”The torch relay has been targeted. The International Olympic Committee has expressed its serious concern and calls for a rapid peaceful resolution in Tibet,” Rogge said in a brief [...]

On the tip of most tongues will be the question of how much Jeff Meltzer and his team are likely to recoup from the $70 million owed by the 20 Blue Chip firms in liquidation.
A more important matter, however, is the slow progress being made by liquidators and whether creditors interests are being adequately supported, [...]