The Honourable Chrystia Freeland, Minister of International Trade, will be in Montréal, Quebec, on January 5, 2017, to highlight recent accomplishments under Canada's progressive trade agenda, which is helping the middle class and those working hard to join it.
Canada has formally delivered its documentation to re-accede to the United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification (UNCCD), further demonstrating its commitment to joining world action to slow land degradation and desertification and to mitigate the effects of drought.
"With the end of the second mandate of President Joseph Kabila of the Democratic Republic of Congo [DRC], Canada deplores the failure to democratically transition power in line with the constitution."
The Honourable Stéphane Dion, Minister of Foreign Affairs, today issued the following statement related to the adoption of the United Nations Security Council Resolution on the evacuations of Syrians from, humanitarian access to, and monitoring in Aleppo, Syria
Thank you very much for that very warm introduction; and thank you very much everyone for being here. I'm really pleased that everyone is here to engage in this conversation about trade.
The Honourable Stéphane Dion, Minister of Foreign Affairs, today issued the following statement regarding the death of Andrey Karlov, Russia's Ambassador to Turkey
Canada took an important step today in its progressive trade agenda by ratifying the WTO Agreement on Trade Facilitation (TFA). Canada is committed to a collaborative approach as we promote trade and investment.
The Honourable Stéphane Dion, Minister of Foreign Affairs, today announced that he will meet with Luis Almagro, Secretary General of the Organization of the American States (OAS), on December 16, 2016, in Ottawa.
Trade means more growth, and more growth means more middle class jobs. As part of its continued leadership promoting transparency in international trade, Canada is co-hosting, together with the European Union, a meeting in Geneva, Switzerland, this week, on the development of a new international standard for resolving investment disputes.
Canada is a world leader in promoting transparency in international trade and in working to maintain support for open trade. The Honourable Chrystia Freeland, Minister of International Trade, today announced that Canada has ratified the United Nations Convention on Transparency in Treaty-Based Investor-State Arbitration, also known as the Mauritius Convention on Transparency.