The Honourable Mélanie Joly, Minister of Foreign Affairs, will be joined by ministerial colleagues, the Honourable Mary Ng, Minister of International Trade, Export Promotion, Small Business and Economic Development, the Honourable Harjit S. Sajjan, Minister of International Development and Minister responsible for the Pacific Economic Development Agency of Canada, the Honourable Marco Mendocino, Minister of Public Safety, and the Honourable Joyce Murray, Minister of Fisheries, Oceans and the Canadian Coast Guard at a press conference on November 27 in Vancouver. The Ministers will make an announcement on Canada’s Indo-Pacific strategy.
At the summit, Minister Ng will advance Canada’s strong and vibrant relationships with the Pacific Alliance, and its 4 countries—Chile, Colombia, Mexico, and Peru— and promote Canada’s inclusive approach to trade, which includes the Global Trade and Gender Arrangement...
The Honourable Mélanie Joly, Minister of Foreign Affairs will meet the Opposition Leader of Belarus, Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya, in Ottawa, on November 22.
November 8, 2022 – Prior to travelling to the Indo-Pacific region, the Honourable Mélanie Joly, Minister of Foreign Affairs, will join the Asia Pacific Foundation of Canada and the Munk School of Global Affairs & Public Policy to discuss Canada’s work to expand partnerships and deepen ties within the region.
October 26, 2022 - The Honourable Mélanie Joly, Minister of Foreign Affairs, will welcome the United States of America’s Secretary of State, Anthony J. Blinken to Canada for Secretary Blinken’s first official visit, during which the Minister and the Secretary of State will hold a series of media engagements in Ottawa and Montreal on October 27 and 28, 2022. Notably, on Thursday, October 27, the Minister and the Secretary of State will hold a joint media availability from the Sir John A. Macdonald Building in Ottawa.
October 19 – The Honourable Mélanie Joly, Minister of Foreign Affairs, will host a virtual meeting of women foreign ministers to discuss the grave state of women and human rights in Iran in the midst of mass unrests and ongoing protests against the Iranian regime. The Minister will open the meeting by delivering remarks reiterating Canada’s commitment to working with the international community to support Iranians.
The Honourable Harjit S. Sajjan, Minister of International Development and Minister responsible for the Pacific Economic Development Agency of Canada, will hold a media call back following his visit to Ukraine with Yvan Baker, Member of Parliament for Etobicoke Centre, on Thursday, October 13, 2022, from Warsaw. The minister will deliver short remarks before answering media questions.
The Honourable Mary Ng, Minister of International Trade, Export Promotion, Small Business and Economic Development, will visit Singapore on October 7 and 8 to attend Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership (CPTPP) Commission meetings. She will be joined by counterparts from other CPTPP economies, including Australia, Brunei Darussalam, Chile, Japan, Malaysia, Mexico, New Zealand, Peru, Singapore and Vietnam.
The Honourable Mélanie Joly, Minister of Foreign Affairs, will hold a joint media availability with the United States of America Secretary of State, Antony J. Blinken, on September 30, 2022, in Washington, D.C.
The Honourable Mélanie Joly, Minister of Foreign Affairs, will hold a media availability from New York City, as part of the United Nations General Assembly High-Level Week.