Today in Beijing, Minister of Finance Bill Morneau and Minister of International Trade Diversification Jim Carr co-chaired the Canada-China Economic and Financial Strategic Dialogue (EFSD), together with Chinese State Councillor Wang Yong. The two countries agreed to work together to double agricultural trade by 2025, focus on priority sectors like agriculture and energy, and committed to strengthening economic and commercial cooperation as well as continuing exploratory discussions towards a potential comprehensive trade agreement.
Canada is gravely concerned by the president of Sri Lanka’s decision to dissolve Sri Lanka’s parliament, in violation of the Sri Lanka constitution, compounding political uncertainty and denying the country’s democratically-elected Parliament its rightful role to determine the prime minister.
The Honourable Chrystia Freeland, Minister of Foreign Affairs, will be in Windsor, Ontario, to discuss the benefits of the United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement (USMCA). The Minister will meet with engineering students from the University of Windsor, meet with UNIFOR Local 444, and tour CentreLine manufacturing facility.
The Honourable Stéphane Dion, Canada’s Special Envoy to the European Union and Europe, will represent Canada at the International Conference on Libya in Palermo, Italy, from November 12 to 13, 2018.
Minister of Finance Bill Morneau and Minister of International Trade Diversification Jim Carr will be available to Canadian journalists via conference call from Beijing, China, following their participation in the Canada-China Economic and Financial Strategic Dialogue.
“We are deeply concerned about the worsening treatment of Bahá’ís in Yemen, particularly by the Houthis in Sana’a.“On September 15, a Houthi-controlled court in Sana’a “charged” more than 20 Bahá’ís – most in absentia – with apostasy and espionage..."
The Honourable Chrystia Freeland, Minister of Foreign Affairs, will be in Hamilton, Ontario, to discuss the benefits of the United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement (USMCA) with industry representatives. The Minister will participate in a round table with representatives of the Hamilton Chamber of Commerce, steel producers and the Hamilton Port Authority, followed by a site visit to Bunge, a food production plant. The Minister will also participate in a national conversation event with representatives of the CBC in Toronto, Ontario.
Biographical note: Philip Baker (BSc [Chemical Engineering], Queen’s University, 1984; MBA, Queen’s University, 1986) began his career with the public service in 1990. He held positions at Environment Canada (International Affairs) and the Privy Council Office prior to joining the Canadian International Development Agency (CIDA) in 2000...
