Foreign Affairs Minister Anita Anand says Ottawa remains very concerned about possible Iranian government activities in Canada after former justice minister Irwin Cotler warned Tehran may have activated sleeper cells in this country.

Speaking to reporters in The Hague on Tuesday, where she and other Canadian officials including Prime Minister Mark Carney are attending a NATO summit, Ms. Anand addressed comments made by Mr. Cotler to The Globe and Mail.

Manitoba Premier Wab Kinew says the Canadian government needs to spell out a clear strategy for repairing ties with China’s authoritarian rulers that doesn’t sacrifice Canada’s principles, including respect for human rights.

Mr. Kinew, whose province exported nearly $1.6-billion in goods to China in 2024, according to Manitoba government records, is eager to see a trade war between Ottawa and Beijing resolved. China’s government imposed retaliatory tariffs on Canadian agriculture and seafood in March after Ottawa applied steep tariffs on Chinese-made electric vehicles, steel and aluminum.

The Group of Seven countries released a statement Monday supporting Israel and condemning Iran as both countries launched fresh attacks on each other.

G7 Leaders are currently meeting at a summit in Canada’s Rocky Mountains.

Mark Carney and Donald Trump have agreed to negotiate with the aim of striking “within the coming 30 days” an economic and security deal that would end the Canada-U.S. trade war, the Prime Minister’s Office says.

The commitment followed a 70-minute meeting between Mr. Carney and the U.S. President at the Group of Seven summit in Canada’s Rocky Mountains.

Prime Minister Mark Carney is set to hold a one-on-one meeting Monday with U.S. President Donald Trump at the G7 summit, providing an opportunity for the two leaders to make progress on resolving a damaging three-month trade war.

The Prime Minister’s Office on Sunday told reporters about the coming meeting during the Group of Seven leaders’ summit, which is taking place in the Rocky Mountain resort of Kananaskis, Alta.

Ottawa said it erred when it issued a public statement Friday advising all Canadians in the Middle East to leave if possible as a conflict between Israel and Iran escalates.

Instead, the Department of Global Affairs told Canadians to consult its travel advisories for individual countries in the region.

Canada’s foreign ministry is advising all Canadians to leave the Middle East if possible as the conflict between Israel and Iran worsens.

The Department of Global Affairs in a Friday statement urged “Canadians in the Middle East to ensure their travel documents are valid and to leave via commercial options if safe.”

A growing conflict between Israel and Iran threatens to dominate, or derail, the economic prosperity agenda at the Group of Seven summit hosted by Canada that begins Sunday in a Rocky Mountain resort.

Prime Minister Mark Carney chaired a meeting of Canada’s National Security Council on Friday but offered no comment on the exchange of missiles between Iran and Israel that began with a pre-emptive strike on Iranian nuclear facilities that killed the country’s top military commanders.

Prime Minister Mark Carney said Canada is too reliant on the United States for security as he announced a significant boost in military spending to meet NATO’s 2-per-cent military expenditure target this fiscal year, five years ahead of schedule.

Declaring that the U.S.’s predominant role on the world stage “is a thing of the past,” Mr. Carney said Canada must take matters into its own hands and work more closely with European allies. He said his government will increase the 2025-26 allocation for the Department of National Defence by $9.3-billion, on top of its existing budget of just under $40-billion.