The Honourable Chrystia Freeland, Minister of Foreign Affairs, will meet with steel executives to discuss the elimination of tariffs on steel and aluminum and the new NAFTA.
Expo 2020 Dubai is guided by the belief that innovation and progress are the result of people and ideas combining in new ways. For six months from 20 October 2020, Expo will bring together 190 countries and millions of people to celebrate human ingenuity: ‘Connecting Minds, Creating the Future’.
As a key partner in the international response to the Rohingya crisis, Canada is committed to continue working with domestic, regional and international partners to deliver life-saving and gender-responsive support to the hundreds of thousands of people affected by the Rohingya crisis.
Canada’s small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) are the engine that drives economic prosperity and creates jobs for the middle class. Opening new markets and expanding existing international markets are central to Canada’s trade diversification strategy, which aims to propel Canadian businesses to tap into new markets, reach new customers and create new jobs.
The Honourable Bardish Chagger, Leader of the Government in the House of Commons and Member of Parliament for Waterloo, will meet with local business representatives to discuss Fall Economic Statement investments and CanExport program in Waterloo, Ontario, on behalf of the Honourable Jim Carr, Minister of International Trade Diversification, highlighting how trade diversification benefits the economy and leads to good jobs for middle-class Canadians.
The Honourable Chrystia Freeland, Minister of Foreign Affairs, will visit Saguenay, in Québec, on May 23, 2019 to meet with aluminum workers, unions and business leaders to discuss the elimination of tariffs on steel and aluminum and the new NAFTA.
Forward-looking agreements such as the modernized Canada-Israel Free Trade Agreement (CIFTA) ensure that the benefits and opportunities that flow from trade and investment are more widely shared. By providing more opportunities for more hard-working Canadians to succeed, Canada is creating wealth and jobs for the middle class.
The Honourable Chrystia Freeland, Minister of Foreign Affairs, will visit Regina on May 22, 2019 to meet with steel workers and businesses to discuss the elimination of tariffs on steel and aluminum and the new NAFTA.
Canada is gravely concerned by the escalation of violence in and around Tripoli, Libya, including the indiscriminate shelling of residential areas, and attacks against medical personnel. As UN Special Representative of the Secretary-General Ghassan Salamé said today at the UN Security Council, there can be no military solution to the crisis.