“On the second commemoration of Alexei Navalny’s death in a Russian penal colony, we once again express our deepest condolences to his family. We underline that the Russian authorities remain solely responsible. The February 3rd judgement by the European Court of Human Rights furthermore underlined that Russia bears responsibility for the inhuman and degrading treatment of Navalny in detention and for the lack of adequate response to his requests. Especially given recent findings published by the United Kingdom, Sweden, France, Germany and the Netherlands, we reiterate our demands for a thorough and transparent investigation into the circumstances surrounding his death.
Today, the Honourable Jill McKnight, Minister of Veterans Affairs and Associate Minister of National Defence, and the Honourable David J. McGuinty, Minister of National Defence, issued the following statement...
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Minister of Crown-Indigenous Relations Rebecca Alty; Minister of Indigenous Services Mandy Gull-Masty; Minister of Northern and Arctic Affairs Rebecca Chartrand; Minister of Women and Gender Equality Canada and Secretary of State (Small Business and Tourism) Rechie Valdez issued the following statement:“The people who gathered on February 14, 1992, united in mourning over the tragic murder of a First Nations woman in the Downtown Eastside area of Vancouver, had an important message for the nation: We need to do better by Indigenous women and girls. Today, on the 35th Annual Women’s Memorial March, that call for a collective commitment to action is as important as ever...
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Today, President of the National Family and Survivors Circle Inc., Hilda Anderson-Pyrz; Minister of Crown-Indigenous Relations, Rebecca Alty; Minister of Seniors and Minister responsible for Women’s Equality, Government of New Brunswick, Dr. Lyne Chantal Boudreau; issued the following statement, reflecting the views of the co-chairs, after the fourth annual National Indigenous-Federal-Provincial-Territorial Meeting on Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women, Girls and 2SLGBTQI+ People.
Global Affairs Canada issued the following statement: “Canada strongly condemns the Israeli security cabinet’s recent decision to approve measures to expand Israeli control over the West Bank."
Yesterday, the Honourable Anita Anand, Minister of Foreign Affairs, issued the following statement: “February 8, 2026, marked the end of the mandate of the Transitional Presidential Council in Haiti.
