Global Affairs Canada today issued the following statement: “Canada is closely following ongoing developments in Algeria. We note the withdrawal of President Abdelaziz Bouteflika’s candidacy from the presidential race.
Canada is tapping new markets and linking Canadian entrepreneurs with new customers around the world so their businesses can expand, create well-paying jobs across the country and enhance Canada’s prosperity.
Election observation is one of most transparent and accountable ways to support democracy. Today, the government is announcing that the Honourable Lloyd Axworthy will serve as the Head of Canada’s election observation mission to Ukraine.
The Honourable Jim Carr, Minister of International Trade Diversification, will discuss new opportunities created by Canada’s free trade agreements in a series of events on March 13 and 14 in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan.
“Together with 52 other countries from Africa, Asia, the Caribbean and Americas, the Pacific and Europe, Canada is a proud and active member of the Commonwealth.”
The Honourable Chrystia Freeland, Minister of Foreign Affairs, today announced that Pamela Goldsmith-Jones, Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Foreign Affairs, will represent Canada at the third conference on supporting the future of Syria and the region, to be held in Brussels, Belgium, from March 12 to 14, 2019.
“The governments of Argentina, Brazil, Canada, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, Guatemala, Honduras, Panama, Paraguay and Peru, members of the Lima Group, stand in solidarity with the millions of Venezuelans affected by the continuing power outage, which has exceeded 50 hours. The lack of electricity has caused the death of 18 people in hospitals and clinics. The outage has also affected the daily lives of the Venezuelan people in innumerable ways, adding to the hardships that they have been suffering for years. This situation underscores the magnitude of the humanitarian crisis that the Maduro regime continues to refuse to recognize
Canada’s feminist foreign policy is founded on a simple objective: to enable women and girls around the world to have an equal voice and equal rights, to benefit from equal opportunities and to live in equal safety and security.
The Canadian Technology Accelerator (CTA) is a program of Global Affairs Canada’s Trade Commissioner Service. It offers high-intensity programming that helps selected high-growth, high-potential Canadian technology firms scale up by connecting them with export, investment and partnership opportunities in global innovation centres. Over the course of a four- to six-month program, CTA participants are provided with tailored support ranging from in-market working space and coaching to market validation and introductions to potential partners, clients and investors.