| Global Affairs Canada | media advisories
The Honourable Mélanie Joly, Minister of Foreign Affairs, will do a site visit in Saskatoon to highlight the federal budget’s investments to support EV supply chain and secure the future of Canada’s automotive industry.
| Global Affairs Canada | news releases
Today, the Honourable Mélanie Joly, Minister of Foreign Affairs, met with stakeholders from the housing sector in Québec City, Québec to highlight Budget 2024’s Public Lands for Home Plan.
| Global Affairs Canada | statements
The Honourable Mélanie Joly, Minister of Foreign Affairs, today issued the following statement marking the International Day of Multilateralism and Diplomacy for Peace:
| Global Affairs Canada | backgrounders
François Lafrenière (BA [Economics], Laval University, 1986) worked for a Montréal-based international development organization from 1990 to 2005—including as Asia regional director for 5 years—and lived and worked in several Asian countries, including Cambodia, India, Nepal and Vietnam.
| Global Affairs Canada | news releases
The Honourable Mélanie Joly, Minister of Foreign Affairs, today announced the following diplomatic appointment: François Lafrenière
| Global Affairs Canada | readouts
Today, the Honourable Mélanie Joly, Minister of Foreign Affairs, met with Belarusian opposition leader Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya during her visit to Ottawa.
| Global Affairs Canada | news releases
The Honourable Mélanie Joly, Minister of Foreign Affairs, today announced that she is travelling to Italy and the Holy See and will be in Rome on April 16 and in Capri from April 17 to 19.
| Global Affairs Canada | backgrounders
Effective immediately, Canada is imposing sanctions on 21 individuals who are involved or complicit in ongoing human rights violations in Belarus since the fraudulent presidential election of 2020.
| Global Affairs Canada | news releases
The Honourable Mélanie Joly, Minister of Foreign Affairs, today announced that Canada is imposing sanctions on 21 individuals under the Special Economic Measures (Belarus) Regulations. These sanctions are in response to the ongoing human rights violations in Belarus since the fraudulent presidential election of 2020.
| Global Affairs Canada | news releases
Today, the Honourable Mélanie Joly, Minister of Foreign Affairs, announced that Canada is introducing new sanctions measures under the Special Economic Measures Act in response to this ongoing conflict.
