| Global Affairs Canada | news releases
The Honourable Randeep Sarai, Secretary of State (International Development), today announced that Canada is committing $5 million in funding over four years to Right To Play International to help improve access to quality basic education for children and youths in vulnerable regions around the world.
| Global Affairs Canada | news releases
The Honourable Anita Anand, Minister of Foreign Affairs, today announced that the Government of Canada has tabled new legislation, An Act respecting the prohibition of the importation of goods produced by forced labour. If adopted, the Act would reinforce Canada’s existing framework to prevent goods made with forced labour from entering the Canadian market.
| Global Affairs Canada | backgrounders
The Government of Canada has introduced An Act respecting the prohibition of the importation of goods produced by forced labour to strengthen Canada’s existing framework aimed at preventing goods made with forced labour from entering the Canadian market.
| Global Affairs Canada | media advisories
Officials from the Government of Canada will offer a technical briefing on the Ban on Importing Goods Made with Forced Labour Act.
| Global Affairs Canada | news releases
The Honourable Anita Anand, Minister of Foreign Affairs, announced an additional $100 million in funding to support UN, Red Cross and Red Crescent and NGO partners in delivering international assistance to Palestinians in the West Bank and Gaza.
| Global Affairs Canada | news releases
The Honourable Anita Anand, Minister of Foreign Affairs, today announced the following diplomatic appointments:
| Global Affairs Canada | backgrounders
Alexandre Côté (BA Hons [International Studies], Glendon College, York University, 1995; MA Economics [Development Administration and Management], University of Manchester, 2002) started his career as a junior professional officer with the UN Development Programme.
| Global Affairs Canada | readouts
The ministers discussed the need for Canada, Australia and the United Kingdom to closely coordinate responses to the latest developments in the Middle East, and they exchanged views on ways to mitigate the impacts of the blockade of the Strait of Hormuz on the global economy and critical supply chains, including in relation to the three countries...
| Global Affairs Canada | statements
The Foreign Ministers of the UK, Australia and Canada issued a joint statement on the launch of the International Peace Fund for Israelis and Palestinians:
| Global Affairs Canada | readouts
The Honourable Anita Anand, Minister of Foreign Affairs, met with Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) Foreign Ministers in Manama, Kingdom of Bahrain (Bahrain). Her visit marked the first participation of a G7 Foreign Minister in such a meeting since the recent escalation of conflict involving the United States, Iran and Israel.
