| National Defence | statements
On 19 October 2022, the Military Police laid service infraction charges against three Royal Canadian Air Force (RCAF) Officers in regards to a “Call-Sign Review Board” event at 409 Tactical F Squadron, 4 Wing Cold Lake, on 22 June 2022.
| Global Affairs Canada | statements
We, the undersigned members of the Freedom Online Coalition, are deeply alarmed by and strongly condemn the measures undertaken by Iran to restrict access to the Internet following the nationwide protests over the tragic killing of Mahsa Amini. In furtherance of what has become a longstanding pattern of censorship, the Iranian government has to a large scale shut down the Internet yet again for most of its 84 million citizens nationwide by cutting off mobile data; disrupting popular social media platforms; throttling Internet service; and blocking individual users, encrypted DNS services, text messages, and access entirely.
| Public Health Agency of Canada | statements
As AMR knows no boundaries and poses a threat to people around the world, global commitment, collaboration, and ambitious action is critical to combatting AMR. Today, I am pleased to announce we are joining international partners with a $300,000 contribution to help address AMR.
| Atlantic Canada Opportunities Agency | statements
Today, the Honourable Ginette Petitpas Taylor, Minister of Official Languages and Minister responsible for the Atlantic Canada Opportunities Agency (ACOA), made the following statement about Small Business Week, which runs October 16-22, 2022
| Innovation, Science and Economic Development Canada | statements
The Honourable Mary Ng, Minister of International Trade, Export Promotion, Small Business and Economic Development, today made the following statement in recognition of Small Business Week:
| Health Canada | statements
On this day in 2018, the Cannabis Act came into force, putting in place a new, strictly regulated framework for controlling the sale, possession, production and distribution of legalized and regulated cannabis for non-medical purposes.
| Health Canada | statements
The Honourable Carolyn Bennett, Minister of Mental Health and Addictions and Associate Minister of Health, issued a statement to mark the inaugural meeting of federal, provincial and territorial Ministers responsible for mental health and substance use.
| Global Affairs Canada | statements
The Honourable Harjit S. Sajjan, Minister of International Development and Minister responsible for the Pacific Economic Development Agency of Canada, today issued the following statement: “Climate change, COVID-19, conflict and economic downturns have escalated the stress on global food systems in the last few years. And in February 2022, Russia’s unprovoked invasion of Ukraine shocked global food and energy systems.
| Public Health Agency of Canada | statements
Today is Pregnancy and Infant Loss Remembrance Day and October marks Pregnancy and Infant Loss Awareness Month. It is a special time to support the thousands of people across Canada who are mourning the loss of a baby as a result of ectopic pregnancy, miscarriage, stillbirth or death in infancy. At 7 p.m. your time, join me in the Global Wave of Light as people around the world light up a candle in support of a baby who died too soon.
| Global Affairs Canada | statements
The Honourable Melanie Joly, Minister of Foreign Affairs, the Honourable Anita Anand, Minister of National Defence, U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken and U.S. Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin today issued the following statement on Haiti: “Today, Canadian and U.S. military aircraft arrived in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, to transfer vital Haitian government-purchased security equipment, including tactical and armoured vehicles, and supplies to the Director General of the Haitian National Police (HNP). The delivery of the equipment was part of a joint operation involving Royal Canadian Air Force and U.S. Air Force aircraft.
