The Honourable Anita Anand, Minister of Foreign Affairs, the Honourable David J. McGuinty, Minister of National Defence, and the Honourable Randeep Sarai, Secretary of State (International Development), today issued the following statement
We, Canada and the undersigned diplomatic missions, join together once again as Diplomats for Equality to express our solidarity and support for Two-Spirit, lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer, intersex, and all other sex- and gender-diverse persons in Canada and around the world.
On April 1, 2024, the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) fired on a World Central Kitchen convoy as it was delivering food to civilians in Gaza. Drone strikes killed seven humanitarian workers, including from the United Kingdom, Australia and a dual Canada-U.S. national.
The Government of Canada marks the closing of the 2026 Special Olympics Summer Games in Medicine Hat, Alberta, which saw more than 1,700 athletes from across the country compete in 10 sports, highlighting excellence, determination and the power of sport to bring people together.
To help ensure the safety of everyone on the water during an expected increase in the number of people using the river, Transport Canada is restricting the movement of vessel traffic within the public Port of Sarnia.
Canada, Albania, Austria, Australia, Belgium, Croatia, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, the High Representative of the European Union, Finland, France, Germany, Hungary, Iceland, Ireland, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Montenegro, the Netherlands, New Zealand, North Macedonia, Norway, Portugal, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, and the United Kingdom condemn in the strongest terms the ongoing executions of protesters and use of the death penalty by the Islamic Republic of Iran. The use of capital punishment to silence dissent, intimidate communities, and punish individuals exercising their human rights can never be justified. The people of Iran must be free to exercise their rights to freedom of expression and peaceful assembly without fear.