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Death row, detainment and dire geopolitics cause onslaught of Canadian consular cases

On Oct. 13, 2025, Global Affairs Canada reported 7,208 consular cases in the fiscal year ending March 2024 and said evacuation deployments rose 3.4 times, aiding 5,231 Canadians from March 2023 to March 2025.
Following prolonged detentions by China, Canada launched the "arbitrary detention initiative" in 2021 and added a senior official for hostage affairs; the binder shows China executed four Canadian citizens in early 2025.
The documents list specific death-penalty cases including three potential death-penalty cases: one in the U.S. and two in Trinidad and Tobago, and as of May, four Canadians on death row in the U.S.
The department warned the revenue-cost gap is widening, citing the unchanged $25 consular fee since 2013, while GAC allocated $10 million for Middle East evacuations and nearly $10 million for Haiti, helping 681 Canadians.
Foreign Affairs Minister Anita Anand was warned that consular work will occupy significant time, GAC is pushing for norms against hostage diplomacy with MP Mona Fortier assisting, and a Feb. 13 report shows 993 Canadians in custody abroad.

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Death row, detainment and geopolitics cause surge in Canadian consular cases - National

Global Affairs said it has had to deploy evacuation personnel to extract Canadians from crisis situations much more frequently than before, up 3.4 times over the past five years.

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Death row, detainment and dire geopolitics cause onslaught of Canadian consular cases (Canada)

Global Affairs Canada says deteriorating stability worldwide is causing a massive expansion in the work required to protect Canadians abroad, with the department warning Foreign Affairs Minister Anita Anand that Canadians might need to pay more and expect less. That's according to the briefing binde...

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