The Honourable Chrystia Freeland, Minister of Foreign Affairs, today issued the following statement in response to the vote by the United States International Trade Commission finding material injury to U.S. industry from imports of certain Canadian softwood lumber products
Canada believes that advancing universal sexual and reproductive health and rights (SRHR) is essential to reducing poverty and gender inequalities around the world.
Thousands of Canadians every year volunteer their time to help people in need—in Canada and around the world. Canadian volunteers come from all walks of life to share their knowledge and experience.
The initiatives announced today, through Global Affairs Canada’s Peace and Stabilization Operations Program and through the Canada Fund for Local Initiatives, total nearly $12 million and will support mine action in areas of the world that are most affected by landmines and other explosive remnants of war.
Canada is committed to eliminating landmines around the world as set out in the historic Ottawa Treaty to Ban Anti-Personnel Landmines, adopted 20 years ago.
The Honourable Chrystia Freeland, Minister of Foreign Affairs, today announced that she will be in Belgium and Austria from December 4 to 8, 2017, to attend a series of international meetings.
Canada is deeply concerned about reports of escalating tension and violence since Honduras’s national elections held on November 26, 2017, including the suspension of some constitutional guarantees on December 1st.
November 30, 2017 - The Honourable Marie-Claude Bibeau, Minister of International Development and La Francophonie, along with the Honourable Ginette Petitpas Taylor, Minister of Health, and Michel Sidibé, Executive Director of UNAIDS, will launch a global report on the impact of the AIDS epidemic on World AIDS day, December 1.
Lieutenant-General (Retired) the Honourable Andrew Leslie, Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Foreign Affairs (Canada-U.S. Relations), will host a town hall meeting on NAFTA modernization on Friday, December 1, 2017, in Calgary, Alberta. The meeting is open to the public.