| Global Affairs Canada | news releases
Today, the Honourable François-Phillippe Champagne, Minister of International Trade, and Eli Cohen, Israel’s Minister of the Economy and Industry, announced the signing of the modernized Canada-Israel Free Trade Agreement (CIFTA). Minister Champagne underlined the importance of the agreement as an engine of growth and prosperity for both countries.
| Global Affairs Canada | media advisories
The Honourable François-Philippe Champagne, Minister of International Trade, and Israel’s Minister of Economy and Industry, Eli Cohen, will hold a media availability in Montréal, Quebec, on Monday, May 28, 2018.
| Global Affairs Canada | news releases
Canada has become a global champion of gender equality and the empowerment of women and girls, both at home and abroad. In launching the Feminist International Assistance Policy in 2017, Canada committed to expand innovative partnerships that have the greatest potential to close gender gaps and eliminate barriers to gender equality in order to effectively reduce poverty and support women’s rights movements and organizations in developing countries.
| Global Affairs Canada | news releases
Canada is rapidly connecting more hard-working Canadians and their families to more opportunities to grow their businesses and create well-paying jobs through trade. We believe robust, rules based, international trade is a key driver of economic growth for a prosperous middle class.
| Global Affairs Canada | news releases
The promotion of trade and investment opportunities around the globe is a priority for the Government of Canada. Israel has long been an important market for Canadian goods and services and is also a prominent science, technology and innovation partner. Canada’s relationship with Israel is based on shared values of cooperation and strong people-to-people ties.
| Global Affairs Canada | statements
Canada supports the important efforts made in the investigation into the tragic crash of Malaysia Airlines Flight MH17 in eastern Ukraine on July 17, 2014.
| Global Affairs Canada | media advisories
As part of Canada’s commitment to gender equality and women’s rights, the Honourable Marie-Claude Bibeau, Minister of International Development and La Francophonie, will launch a call to action to the private sector, investors and philanthropists to join Canada.
| Global Affairs Canada | media advisories
The Honourable Chrystia Freeland, Minister of Foreign Affairs, and the Honourable Marie-Claude Bibeau, Minister of International Development and La Francophonie, will make an announcement and hold a media availability on Canada’s response to the Rohingya crisis.
| Global Affairs Canada | media advisories
The Honourable Marie-Claude Bibeau, Minister of International Development and La Francophonie, and the Honourable Bill Morneau, Minister of Finance, along with Stephen Poloz, Governor of the Bank of Canada, will co-host a meeting of G7 Finance and Development Ministers and Central Bank Governors from May 31 to June 2, 2018, in Whistler, British Columbia. The theme ofthis meeting will be “Investing in growth that works for everyone.”
| Global Affairs Canada | news releases
In order to make further progress on the outstanding boundary issues in the waters between Canada and Greenland, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Denmark, together with the Government of Greenland, and Global Affairs Canada have decided to establish a joint task force.
