On behalf of the Honourable Marie-Claude Bibeau, Minister of International Development and La Francophonie, Emmanuel Dubourg, Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of National Revenue, will make an announcement about additional humanitarian assistance funding in response to the impact of Hurricane Matthew in Haiti.
It has been a pleasure to start, with my colleague [Mexico's Secretary of Foreign Affairs] Claudia Ruiz Massieu, the first high-level strategic dialogue between Canada and Mexico and fulfill one of the main commitments made between Prime Minister [Justin] Trudeau and President [Enrique] Peña Nieto during the President's state visit to Canada in June.
The Honourable Chrystia Freeland, Minister of International Trade of Canada, and Matthias Fekl, Minister of State for Foreign Trade, the Promotion of Tourism and French Nationals Abroad to the Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Development of the French Republic, today issued the following statement:
The Honourable Chrystia Freeland, Minister of International Trade, yesterday in Ottawa met with Matthias Fekl, France's Minister of State for Foreign Trade, the Promotion of Tourism and French Nationals Abroad, to further an already strong commercial relationship between Canada and France.
October 12, 2016 - Global Affairs Canada invites media to a technical briefing with officials on the expiration of the standstill period of softwood lumber and the next steps.
The Honourable Michael Froman, United States Trade Representative, and the Honourable Chrystia Freeland, Canada's Minister of International Trade, today issued the following statement on the status of negotiations toward a new softwood lumber agreement between Canada and the United States
I would like to thank the NATO Association of Canada for asking me to speak at the opening of the proceedings of this 62nd General Assembly of the Atlantic Treaty Association. I would also like to commend all of the organizers, in particular my former colleague, Bill Graham, and Hugh Segal, the association's chair.
Canada urges Burundi to resume cooperation with the United Nations Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) in Bujumbura and to cooperate fully with the Commission of Inquiry into the human rights situation in Burundi.
Following Ethiopia's October 8 declaration of a six-month state of emergency, Canada urges Ethiopian security forces to exercise restraint and to respect all fundamental rights and freedoms.