| Global Affairs Canada | speeches
Distinguished delegates, colleagues, friends. It is an honour and a pleasure for me to join you here today, on the margins of the 62nd session of the UN Commission on the Status of Women.
| Global Affairs Canada | media advisories
The Honourable François-Philippe Champagne, Minister of International Trade, will hold a media availability in Montréal on Tuesday, March 13, 2018, following remarks and an introduction of Invest in Canada’s senior management to an audience including members of Investissement Québec and Montréal International.
| Global Affairs Canada | backgrounders
Beyond the Elsie Initiative, the Government of Canada is contributing more than $16 million toward projects that will advance gender equality and protect human rights, including those of women and girls; address gender-based violence; support women’s engagement in peace processes; and support the implementation of the women, peace and security agenda.
| Global Affairs Canada | news releases
Canada’s feminist foreign policy makes women a priority in all of its security-related activities, including peacemaking, peacebuilding and peacekeeping. We are seeking to increase the participation of women in these activities and to provide a solid foundation for conflict prevention and recovery.
| Global Affairs Canada | news releases
Canada is committed to strengthening its important economic relationship with the United States and to creating new opportunities for workers and businesses on both sides of the border.
| Global Affairs Canada | news releases
Matt DeCourcey, Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Foreign Affairs, will attend the inauguration ceremony of Sebastián Piñera, President-Elect of Chile, in Valparaíso, Chile, on March 11, 2018.
| Global Affairs Canada | media advisories
The Honourable François-Philippe Champagne, Minister of International Trade, will hold a media availability in Ottawa on Monday, March 12, 2018, following an announcement on how Canada can better attract leading global firms to grow and invest their businesses.
| Global Affairs Canada | statements
Canada strongly condemns the increasing and deliberate attacks against innocent girls, boys, women and men in eastern Ghouta. This deliberate targeting of civilians, medical professionals, first responders and humanitarian workers is shocking. The Assad regime, backed by its allies, Russia and Iran, is responsible for these crimes against humanity.
| Global Affairs Canada | news releases
Canada is committed to securing new progressive trade agreements in fast-growing markets, such as the Mercosur trade bloc—Argentina, Brazil, Paraguay and Uruguay—to deliver more benefits for hard-working Canadians.
| Global Affairs Canada | media advisories
The Honourable Patty Hajdu, Minister of Employment, Workforce Development and Labour, and the Honourable Navdeep Bains, Minister of Innovation, Science and Economic Development, will host the Meeting of Employment and Innovation Ministers of the G7, “Preparing for Jobs of the Future” on March 27-28, 2018, in Montréal, Québec.
