On July 21, Italian Defence Minister Guido Crosetto, Japanese Defense Minister KOIZUMI Shinjirō, UK Secretary of State for Defence Wes Streeting, and Canadian Minister of National Defence David J. McGuinty met in London to discuss Canada’s participation in the Global Combat Air Programme (GCAP).
Members of the media are invited to an announcement with the Honourable David J. McGuinty, Minister of National Defence and international partners on advancing air combat capability development in London.
Minister Anand met with Pakistan’s Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Mohammad Ishaq Dar, Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif and Minister of Interior Mohsin Naqvi to discuss shared priorities.
On August 3, media representatives are invited to take part in media events at NASA's Johnson Space Center in Houston related to the agency's SpaceX Crew-13 mission. A panel of experts – including Mathieu Caron, Director of the Astronauts' Office at the Canadian Space Agency (CSA) – will give an overview of the mission during a technical briefing. Also, the crewmembers, one of whom is CSA astronaut Joshua Kutryk, will give a press conference.
The Government of Canada signs a Memorandum of Understanding with Ireland and announces support for projects that will promote artistic and cultural exchanges between the two countries as part of the Canada–Ireland 180 initiative.
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Karim Bardeesy, Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Industry, will participate in a panel discussion at the Pacific Northwest Economic Region Annual Summit.
On July 14, 2026, as a result of the vigilance of staff members, packages containing contraband and unauthorized items were seized at Drumheller Institution.
Today, the Honourable Tim Hodgson, Minister of Energy and Natural Resources, announced that construction has begun on the Sunrise Expansion Program in British Columbia, following the Government of Canada’s approval in April 2026.
Today, Honourable Anita Anand, Minister of Foreign Affairs, and Pakistan’s Deputy Prime Minister/Foreign Minister Muhammad Ishaq Dar issued this joint statement: