The Honourable Rob Oliphant, Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Foreign Affairs, today concluded a productive trip to Egypt and Morocco aimed at cultivating Canada’s bilateral relationships and advancing shared priorities, including human rights.
Today, the Honourable Mary Ng, Minister of International Trade, Export Promotion, Small Business and Economic Development, launched public consultations to seek views on the potential collection and publication of country of melt and pour (COM) information for steel imports under Canada’s Steel Import Monitoring Program.
We, the G7 Foreign Ministers of Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, the United Kingdom, and the United States of America, and the High Representative of the European Union, express our strongest opposition and deplore the increasing restrictions imposed on the rights and freedoms of women and girls in Afghanistan by the Taliban.
“Canada strongly condemns the violent attacks against those protesting peacefully in Sri Lanka, and calls on authorities to investigate and hold those instigating or perpetrating violence to account.
The Honourable Mélanie Joly, Minister of Foreign Affairs, today announced that she will be travelling to Germany to participate in the G7 and NATO foreign ministers’ meetings, taking place from May 12 to 15.
Today, the Honourable Mary Ng, Minister of International Trade, Export Promotion, Small Business and Economic Development, spoke with José Miguel Ahumada, Chile’s Undersecretary of International Economic Relations.
Canada is saddened to learn of the death of Leonid Kravchuk, who led Ukraine to independence and served as its first democratically elected president, from 1991 to 1994.
The Honourable Mélanie Joly, Minister of Foreign Affairs, the Honourable Anita Anand, Minister of National Defence, and the Honourable Marco Mendicino, Minister of Public Safety, today issued the following statement:
Yesterday, the Honourable Mary Ng, Minister of International Trade, Export Promotion, Small Business and Economic Development, spoke with Damien O’Connor, New Zealand’s Minister for Trade and Export Growth, Minister of Agriculture, Minister for Biosecurity, Minister for Land Information, and Minister for Rural Communities.
The Syrian crisis continues to affect millions of people in Syria and neighbouring countries. Canada thanks Iraq, Jordan, Lebanon, as well as Egypt and Turkey, for their generous support in hosting so many Syrian refugees. Canada is committed to continuing its work with the international community and Syrians to put an end to this crisis through a sustainable political solution.