| Global Affairs Canada | statements
Today in Mexico City, the negotiating teams of Mexico, Canada and the United States concluded the fifth round of the renegotiation and modernization of the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA), gathering nearly 30 negotiating groups.
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The Honourable Chrystia Freeland, Minister of Foreign Affairs, and the Honourable Harjit S. Sajjan, Minister of National Defence, today issued the following statement on the appointment of Clare Hutchinson, a Canadian gender advocate, as the NATO Secretary General’s Special Representative for Women, Peace and Security
| Global Affairs Canada | statements
Despite the economic progress that Cambodia has made over the past two decades, recent actions including the September arrest of the leader of the Cambodia National Rescue Party (CNRP), Kem Sokha, and the law passed in October to distribute the CNRP’s seats to other parties, are a step backwards and profoundly anti-democratic. As well, other concurrent actions, such as limiting alternative voices in the media and civil society, demonstrate that the Government of Cambodia is using the law to impose further anti-democratic actions.
| Global Affairs Canada | news releases
Canada is actively engaging with international partners to deliver results on major global issues.
| Global Affairs Canada | news releases
The Honourable Marie-Claude Bibeau, Minister of International Development and La Francophonie, will travel to Bangladesh from November 21 to 23, 2017, to witness first-hand the devastating impact of the Rohingya refugee crisis and assess the best ways for Canada to assist the hundreds of thousands of people who have fled from Myanmar.
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The Government of Canada is committed to diversifying trade markets to ensure future growth and prosperity for Canadians and Canadian businesses, including small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs). India is one of the world’s fastest-growing economies and a vibrant market for Canadians seeking to grow their businesses into the Asia-Pacific region and create well-paying jobs at home.
| Global Affairs Canada | media advisories
Matt DeCourcey, Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Foreign Affairs, will host a town hall meeting on NAFTA modernization.
| Global Affairs Canada | statements
The Honourable Chrystia Freeland, Minister of Foreign Affairs, today issued the following statement welcoming the adoption of the resolution on the situation of human rights in Myanmar by the United Nations General Assembly’s Third Committee.
| Global Affairs Canada | media advisories
The Honourable Chrystia Freeland, Minister of Foreign Affairs, will make an announcement on the prevention of the recruitment and use of child soldiers. The Minister will be joined by the Honourable Harjit S. Sajjan, Minister of National Defence, the Honourable Marie-Claude Bibeau, Minister of International Development and La Francophonie, and Lieutenant-General (Ret.) Roméo Dallaire.
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Foreign Affairs Minister’s itinerary at UN Peacekeeping Defence Ministerial conference
