| Global Affairs Canada | news releases
The Honourable François-Philippe Champagne, Minister of International Trade, today announced he will visit the United Arab Emirates, Qatar and India from March 1 to 5, 2017. The visit is part of the government’s progressive trade agenda, with a focus on economic growth and more jobs for the middle class.
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Canada’s innovative, multiyear humanitarian funding helps address the needs of conflict-affected people throughout Syria, so our partners can operate as efficiently as possible in this crisis.
| Global Affairs Canada | news releases
The Honourable Marie-Claude Bibeau, Minister of International Development and La Francophonie, announced today that, as part of the government’s strategy to deal with the crises in the Middle East, Canada will provide $239.5 million over three years to address humanitarian needs in Syria, Iraq, Jordan and Lebanon.
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Australia and Canada are already long-standing partners. As Wesley Enoch, your esteemed director of the Sydney Festival recently noted: “Canada echoes Australia and we echo Canada. We are like mirrors in so many ways.”
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The Honourable François-Philippe Champagne, Minister of International Trade, today congratulated Latvia’s parliament for its approval of the Canada-European Union Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement (CETA).
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Canada welcomed today’s announcement by the World Trade Organization that the Agreement on Trade Facilitation (TFA) has entered into force. The TFA is important for Canadians because it will lower trade costs globally by modernizing and simplifying the customs and border procedures of WTO members. Canada’s support for the TFA reaffirms its commitment to a rules-based system for trade that levels the playing field for exporters and creates opportunities for middle-class Canadians.
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Infrastructure connects our communities, takes people and goods where they need to go, and allows us to communicate with each other productively and effectively.
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The Honourable François-Philippe Champagne, Minister of International Trade, will visit Riga, Latvia, on February 23, 2017, to attend the first European Union (EU) member-state vote on the Canada-EU Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement (CETA). Latvia would become the first among 28 EU Member States to ratify the agreement domestically.
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Education is a fundamental right that Canada is proud to defend, at home and abroad. Today, the Honourable Chrystia Freeland, Minister of Foreign Affairs, the Honourable Marie-Claude Bibeau, Minister of International Development and La Francophonie, and the Honourable Harjit S. Sajjan, Minister of National Defence, announced Canada’s endorsement of the Safe Schools Declaration.
| Global Affairs Canada | statements
The Honourable Chrystia Freeland, Minister of Foreign Affairs, and the Honourable Marie-Claude Bibeau, Minister of International Development and La Francophonie, today issued the following statement
