| Global Affairs Canada | backgrounders
Canada is imposing sanctions against individuals and entities in relation to the Lukashenko regime’s ongoing gross and systematic human rights violations in Belarus, as well as its support of Russia’s violation of Ukraine’s sovereignty and territorial integrity.
| Global Affairs Canada | news releases
The Honourable Mélanie Joly, Minister of Foreign Affairs, today announced that Canada is imposing new sanctions against 10 individuals and 12 entities under the Special Economic Measures (Belarus) Regulations in response to ongoing gross and systematic human rights violations committed by the Lukashenko regime in Belarus, as well as its support of Russia’s violation of Ukraine’s sovereignty and territorial integrity.
| Global Affairs Canada | statements
The Honourable Mélanie Joly, Minister of Foreign Affairs, and the Honourable Kamal Khera, Minister of Diversity, Inclusion and Persons with Disabilities, released the following statement on International Holocaust Remembrance Day: “Today we mark 80 years since the liberation of the Auschwitz Birkenau German Nazi Concentration and Extermination Camp in occupied Poland, where 1.1 million people were senselessly killed – one million of them Jews. We solemnly remember the over 6 million Jews murdered in the Holocaust as well as the other victims of Nazism including 500,000 Roma and Sinti and numerous 2SLGBTQI+ persons, persons with disabilities and political dissidents persecuted and killed by the Nazis and their collaborators.
| Global Affairs Canada | statements
Australia, Canada, the European Union, New Zealand and the United Kingdom, have released a joint statement following Belarus’ sham presidential elections on January 26, 2025:
| Canadian Northern Economic Development Agency | news releases
Small- and medium-sized businesses are key drivers of innovation and opportunity in their communities.
| Canada Border Services Agency | news releases
The CBSA is discontinuing the issuance of Pacific Crest Trail permits
| Competition Bureau Canada | news releases
Competition Bureau issues report summarizing feedback on artificial intelligence and competition January 27, 2025 – GATINEAU (Québec), Competition Bureau
| Federal Economic Development Agency for Northern Ontario - FedNor | media advisories
Anthony Rota, Member of Parliament for Nipissing—Timiskaming, will announce a significant Government of Canada investment to help a local manufacturer scale up, increase sales and exports, and create more jobs in Northern Ontario. The announcement will be made on behalf of the Honourable Patty Hajdu, Minister of Indigenous Services and Minister responsible for FedNor.
| Federal Economic Development Agency for Northern Ontario - FedNor | media advisories
Viviane Lapointe, Member of Parliament for Sudbury, will be joined by Marc G. Serré, Member of Parliament for Nickel Belt and Parliamentary Secretary to the Ministers of Energy and Natural Resources and Official Languages, to make a strategic FedNor announcement that will benefit people, families, entrepreneurs and businesses in Greater Sudbury.
| Housing, Infrastructure and Communities Canada | news releases
Today, the Honourable Nathaniel Erskine-Smith, Minister of Housing, Infrastructure, and Communities, announced the reappointment of Marie-Josée Houle as Canada’s Federal Housing Advocate effective February 21, 2025, for a three-year term.
