The Honourable Chrystia Freeland, Minister of Foreign Affairs, today issued the following statement on the presidential amnesty granted to the two Reuters journalists in Myanmar:
The Honourable Harjit S. Sajjan, Minister of National Defence, and the Honourable Lawrence MacAulay, Minister of Veterans Affairs and Associate Minister of National Defence, today issued the following statement in recognition of Mental Health Week:
“On World Press Freedom Day, we reflect on the important role of a free press in defending human rights, inclusion and diversity; in holding the powerful to account; in demanding transparency from governments; and in protecting the rule of law and strengthening democracy.