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Ottawa, December 14, 2020—The Honourable Marco E.L. Mendicino, P.C., M.P., Minister of Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship, issued the following statement: “Year after year, refugees continue to flee their homes, loved ones, and most cherished possessions, bravely setting out in search of a new peace and a better life. The office of United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) was created in 1950 to provide a voice at the United Nations to advocate on behalf of refugees.”
The Honourable David Lametti, Minister of Justice and Attorney General of Canada, and the Honourable Patty Hajdu, Minister of Health, today issued the following statement:
The Honourable Mary Ng, Minister of Small Business, Export Promotion and International Trade, today issued the following statement regarding Canada’s request for a panel review under Chapter 10 of the Canada-United States-Mexico Agreement regarding U.S. countervailing duties on imports of Canadian softwood lumber: “On November 24, 2020, the U.S. Department of Commerce established, through its first administrative review process, a 7.42% countervailing duty rate for most Canadian producers of softwood lumber.
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The Honourable Marco E. L. Mendicino, P.C., M.P., Minister of Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship, issued the following statement:“Five years ago, on December 10, the first flight as part of Operation Syrian Refugees, left for Canada. It was an emotional milestone in what was to become a national project, and one that built upon our great Canadian humanitarian tradition of offering protection to people from around the world escaping persecution and violence.
