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Just three months ago I was in Bangladesh to address the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation’s Council of Foreign Ministers, and this is actually my fourth visit to Asia in the past year. It is really great to be back again and I’m looking forward to the ASEAN [Association of Southeast Asian Nations] meetings later this week.
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Thank you, Mr. Chair. I’d like to begin by acknowledging that we are gathered on the traditional territory of the Algonquin.
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Tonight, I would like to speak about a challenge that affects us all: the weakening of the rules-based international order and the threat that resurgent authoritarianism poses to liberal democracy itself.
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The United States’ decision to impose tariffs on Canadian steel and aluminum shipments is totally unacceptable.
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Today, we are announcing the new steps Canada will take to address the Rohingya crisis in Myanmar and Bangladesh and to defend the rights of this community, which has suffered too much.
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Thank you to Her Excellency Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina and my friend, Foreign Minister [Abul Hassan Mahmood] Ali.
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The Canada-ASEAN Business Council [CABC] is a key partner of the Government of Canada, mobilizer and advocate for stronger commercial ties with ASEAN member states.
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It’s an honour to be here among so many accomplished women policy-makers, researchers and academics. Given the conference’s theme, it’s important for the students here to see women in leadership positions in a variety of fields and sectors.
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I am so pleased to be here with you today to talk about a subject that is key to a more hopeful and positive future for all: empowering rural women and girls as a way of tackling climate change.
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Distinguished delegates, colleagues, friends. It is an honour and a pleasure for me to join you here today, on the margins of the 62nd session of the UN Commission on the Status of Women.
