October 28, 2024 – The Honourable, Mélanie Joly, Minister of Foreign Affairs, and The Honourable, Bill Blair, Minister of National Defence, will meet with Republic of Korea Foreign Minister Cho Tae-yul and Minister of National Defence Kim Yong-hyun to deepen our close cooperation and work together as strategic partners in the Indo-Pacific and North Pacific.
The Honourable Mélanie Joly, Minister of Foreign Affairs, announced that Canada, together with co-organizers Norway and Ukraine, will host the Ministerial Conference on the Human Dimension of Ukraine's 10-Point Peace Formula on October 30-31, 2024.
The Honourable Ahmed Hussen, Minister of International Development—accompanied by President and CEO, Desjardins International Development (DID), Gerardo Almaguer, will make an important announcement related to improving the availability of financial products and services for micro, small and medium entrepreneurs in developing countries.
The Honourable Melanie Joly, Minister of Foreign Affairs, and the Honourable Kamina Johnson Smith, Minister of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade of Jamaica, will co-host a Women Foreign Ministers’ Meeting from September 19 to 20, 2024, in Toronto, Ontario.
The Honourable Ahmed Hussen, Minister of International Development, will be delivering remarks and announcing Canada’s continued funding for supporting the Global Polio Eradication Initiative (GPEI).
Tuesday September 17, 2024 – The Honourable Ahmed Hussen, Minister of International Development participates in signing ceremony with her Excellency Lolwah bint Rashid Al-Khater, Qatar’s Minister of State for International Cooperation.
Tuesday September 16, 2024 –Tomorrow afternoon, the Honourable Mélanie Joly, Minister of Foreign Affairs, and Mrs. Yulia Navalnaya, Chairwoman of the Advisory Board of the Anti-Corruption Foundation, will take part in a fireside chat.
Wednesday September 11, 2024 – The Honourable Ahmed Hussen, Minister of International Development, will hold a press conference to announce funding to help meet the needs of vulnerable populations facing acute hunger. Minister Hussen will be accompanied by Andy Harrington, Executive Director of the Canadian Foodgrains Bank.
Thursday August 1, 2024 – The Honourable Sean Fraser, Minister of Housing, Infrastructure and Communities, accompanied by Members of Parliament Mike Kelloway (Cape-Breton – Canso) and Lena Metlege Diab (Halifax West), will be announcing on behalf of Mélanie Joly, Minister of Foreign Affairs and François-Philippe Champagne, Minister of Innovation, Science and Industry, the most recent milestone reached by Canada and the United States in terms of enabling commercial space launch capability in Canada.
*** This event has been POSTPONED. ***
June 17, 2024 –Tomorrow afternoon, the Honourable Mélanie Joly and Mrs. Yulia Navalnaya, Chairwoman of the Advisory Board of the Anti-Corruption Foundation, will take part in a fireside chat.