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Anand says Indo-Pacific strategy will have economic focus but maintain values
Foreign Affairs Minister Anita Anand says the economy is becoming the primary focus of Canada's relationships in the Indo-Pacific — a shift that appears linked to Canada's recent moves to overcome its security dispute with India. Anand was in Japan and Malaysia this week for her first trip to the region since taking over as foreign minister in May. Her message coming out of that trip was that Canada's foreign policy is shifting — though not abandoning — the priorities set by the previous Liberal government of former prime minister Justin Trudeau. "It is important for us to revisit our policy — not only in the Indo-Pacific but generally speaking — to ensure that we are focusing not only on the values that we have historically adhered to," Anand said Thursday in a teleconference from Malaysia. "Foreign policy is an extension of domestic interest and particularly domestic economic interests. This is a time when the global economy is under stress." The Trudeau government put language on environmental protection, labour standards and gender equality in its trade agreements. Goldy Hyder, head of the Business Council of Canada, said that made Canada appear "a bit preachy" to other countries. He said Canada has to be respectful in the way it stands up for democratic values. A focus on the economy is quickly becoming a defining trait of the government of Prime Minister Mark Carney, a former central banker who is intent on building up Canada's domestic capacity and reshaping its trade and security plans to rely less on the United States. Carney has been mostly focused on Europe so far; he has visited the continent three times since March. Anand's visit this week "sets the stage" for Carney's planned visits this fall to the Association of Southeast Asian Nations leaders' summit in Malaysia and the APEC forum in South Korea, said Vina Nadjibulla, research vice-president for the Asia Pacific Foundation. Anand visited Tokyo to sign an information-sharing agreement that could lead to defence procurement deals, before heading to Malaysia for a meeting of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations, or ASEAN. Canada trying to restore India ties Her visit also comes as Canada tries to restore ties with India after two years of diplomatic chill following the 2023 shooting death of Sikh activist Hardeep Singh Nijjar near Vancouver — a crime Ottawa linked to agents of the Indian government. The RCMP said last year it had evidence of New Delhi playing a role in acts of homicide, coercion and extortion targeting multiple Sikh Canadians. Canada subsequently expelled six senior Indian diplomats; New Delhi expelled six Canadian diplomats in response. India says Canada is enabling a separatist movement that calls for a Sikh homeland — Khalistan — to be carved out of India, and calls that a violation of its sovereignty. Carney began to thaw the relationship in June. He invited Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi to the G7 summit in Alberta and the two leaders agreed to reinstate their high commissioners. The two countries are also starting security talks. As the world's most populous country, India is seen as a critical partner as Carney pushes to disentangle Canada from its heavy reliance on trade with the U.S. The two countries have engaged in on-and-off negotiations on a trade deal since 2010, with frequent pauses — including Ottawa's suspension of talks after the Nijjar killing. Hyder said India's corporate sector has been urging Canadian corporations to continue expanding trade in spite of the tensions between Ottawa and New Delhi. "One day this is all going to be resolved, and we don't want to have lost all that time." WATCH | Public safety minister on threats from India: Anandasangaree: 'Difficult conversations' with India will continue, no decision on Bishnoi gang 25 days ago Duration 2:59 Public Safety Minister Gary Anandasangaree responded to questions Wednesday about a CSIS report listing India as a top country for foreign interference in Canada. Anandasangaree also said proper security processes need to be followed if India's Lawrence Bishnoi gang is to be designated a terrorist entity. He said the reduced number of Canadian diplomats has made it more challenging for members of his council to engage in India because there are fewer trade commissioners in India to help Canadians connect companies with contacts and opportunities on the ground. Hyder, who spoke just before leaving for a fact-finding mission to India, said the appointment of high commissioners will set the tone for eventual trade talks. He said a trade deal would be helpful but is not "a precondition" for boosting trade, and suggested Ottawa should focus on scaling up the roads and ports needed to meet Asia's demand for Canadian commodities. Vijay Sappani, a fellow with the Macdonald-Laurier Institute, said an India trade deal could come quite soon. "If we put in the right efforts on our end, I feel like we could probably get a free-trade agreement done before the end of this year, if not [the first quarter] of next year," said Sappani. "There is no Indo-Pacific without India, and if we want to play in the global markets, where we've been kind of shunned … then we need to step up to the plate." Sappani said Ottawa should seek assurances from India that it will never play a role in violence in Canada. In turn, he said, Ottawa could commit to not having politicians show up at any event where there are displays commemorating those who took part in violence in support of the Khalistan movement. "That is the biggest thing that we Canadians can do to stop some level of irritants within the Indian side, and trade definitely will come on back on the table," he said. Anand would not say how soon Canada and India could appoint top envoys or start trade talks.
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CBC
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1 year after Trump assassination attempt, changes at U.S. Secret Service but questions remain
In many ways, the assassination attempt against Donald Trump at a Pennsylvania campaign stop was a perfect storm of failings coming together that allowed 20-year-old Michael Thomas Crooks to climb on top of a nearby building and take eight shots at the once and future U.S. president. One attendee was killed, two others wounded and a bullet grazed Trump's ear before a U.S. Secret Service counter-sniper opened fire on Crooks and killed him. That day jolted an already chaotic race for the White House and solidified Trump's iconic status in his party and beyond. It also became a turning point for the agency tasked with protecting the president. As more details emerged about what went wrong, questions multiplied: What happened to the Secret Service's planning? Why was a rooftop with a clear line of sight to Trump left unguarded? What motivated the shooter? Another incident in September where a gunman camped in the shrubbery outside one of Trump's golf courses before being spotted and shot at by a Secret Service agent also raised questions about the agency's performance. A year after Butler, multiple investigations have detailed the breakdowns that day. Under a new leader hired by Trump, the agency has been pushing to address those problems but key questions remain. "This was a wake-up call for the Secret Service," said retired supervisory agent Bobby McDonald, who's now a criminal justice lecturer at the University of New Haven in Connecticut. Here's a look at what went wrong, what's been done to address problems and questions still unanswered. How did he get on that roof? Who was talking to whom? All the investigations zeroed in on a few specific problems. The building in Butler, Pa., with a clear sight line to the stage where the president was speaking only 135 metres away was left unguarded. Crooks eventually boosted himself up there and fired eight shots with an AR-style rifle. The Secret Service's investigation into its own agency's conduct said that it wasn't that the line-of-sight risks weren't known about ahead of time. It was that multiple personnel assessed them as "acceptable." Supervisors had expected large pieces of farm equipment would be situated to block the view from the building. Those ultimately weren't placed, and staffers who visited the site before the rally didn't tell their supervisors that the line-of-sight concerns hadn't been addressed, the report said. Another glaring problem: fragmented communications between the Secret Service and the local law enforcement that the agency regularly relies on to secure events. Instead of having one unified command post with representatives from every agency providing security in the same room, there were two command posts at the rally. One investigation described a "chaotic mixture" of radio, cellphone, text and email used to communicate that day. 'Ensure such an event can never be repeated' The Secret Service issued a report Thursday about what it has done to address problems laid bare at Butler. "Since President Trump appointed me as director of the United States Secret Service, I have kept my experience on July 13 top of mind, and the agency has taken many steps to ensure such an event can never be repeated in the future," said Sean Curran, whom Trump tasked with leading the agency. Curran was one of the agents standing next to Trump as he was hustled off the stage after the shooting. The agency said it had implemented 21 of the 46 recommendations made by Congressional oversight bodies. The rest were in progress or not up to the agency to implement. WATCH | What went wrong in Butler: 'Preventable': How the Secret Service failed to protect Trump | About That 10 months ago Duration 13:47 How was a gunman able to come so close to assassinating former U.S. president Donald Trump during a campaign rally in Butler, Pa.? Andrew Chang breaks down a new report published by a bipartisan U.S. Senate committee that found the Secret Service's lack of organization and technical planning failed to keep Trump safe. Some of what they've done involves new equipment and a greater emphasis on addressing threats from above. They've created a new aviation division to oversee aerial operations like drones. The agency said it has two armoured ATVs for use on golf courses and is producing another three. And they're purchasing mobile command vehicles that will be pre-positioned around the country. But much of what the agency says it has done is about changing policies and procedures to address those July 13 lapses — things like revising their manual to "advance procedures and communication practices" when it comes to co-ordinating with local law enforcement or clarifying who's responsible for events where protectees are appearing. They've updated their procedures about documenting line-of-sight concerns and how those concerns are going to be addressed. So far it doesn't appear that anyone has been or will be fired, although the agency's director at the time, Kim Cheatle, swiftly resigned. The agency said Thursday that six staffers have been disciplined with suspensions ranging from 10 to 42 days without pay; the six were placed on restricted duty or nonoperational positions. Their identities and positions were not released. What we still don't know In many ways, Crooks and his motivations are still a mystery. He was killed by a Secret Service counter-sniper and did not leave much information about why he did what he did. Investigators say they believe he acted alone and they didn't find any threatening comments or ideological positions on social media that shed light on his thinking. And while it's clear what went wrong in Butler, questions linger about how things that were so clearly problematic — like that open roof — weren't addressed ahead of time. Anthony Cangelosi, a former Secret Service agent who is now a lecturer at John Jay College of Criminal Justice in New York City, said that without being able to read the interviews with the agents involved in the Butler planning it's hard to know exactly why they did what they did. A year later, he still struggles with how so many things went wrong. "I can't understand how many errors were made on that site that day," he said. "If they agreed to leave that roof unoccupied, I can't ... understand it for the life of me." The widow of Corey Comperatore, who died during the Butler assassination attempt, echoed some of that sentiment during an interview with Fox News this week. "Why was that such a failure? Why weren't they paying attention? Why did they think that that roof didn't need [to be] covered? I want to sit down and talk to them," Helen Comperatore said. Cangelosi said he still questions whether the agency asked for additional personnel to cover a busy election year and if they did, whether those requests were granted. He thinks the Secret Service needs better pay to retain agents tempted to leave the agency for other federal government jobs. McDonald said he suspects part of the problem ahead of the Butler rally was that the Secret Service might have had a hard time understanding that the type of protection Trump needed wasn't the same as for other former presidents. He said it "boggles the mind" how Crooks was able to get on that roof and said that "communication" and "complacency" are the two issues that he thinks really went wrong in Butler. But he also said that he feels the agency is moving in the right direction. "A lot of good people doing a lot good work there," he said, "and I hope they continue to move in the right direction."
