December 3, 2014 - The Honourable Christian Paradis, Minister of International Development and La Francophonie, will deliver a keynote address at the 2014 Canadian Humanitarian Conference in Ottawa.
During his remarks, Minister Paradis will highlight Canada’s commitment to providing appropriate, timely, and effective humanitarian assistance and ensuring that it reaches those most in need, for example, through Canada’s response to Ebola in West Africa, and to the conflicts in Iraq, Syria and South Sudan.
Minister Paradis will also announce funding for a project aimed at identifying concrete areas for collaboration between non-governmental organizations and Canadian corporations as a means toward enhancing Canada's overall capacity to respond to humanitarian crises.
Event: Keynote address
Date: Thursday, December 4, 2014
Time: 9 a.m. ET
Location: The Delegation of the Ismaili Imamat, 199 Sussex Drive, Ottawa, Ontario
For more information, please contact:
Maxime Robert
Press Secretary
Office of the Minister of International Development and La Francophonie
343-203-6238
maxime.robert@international.gc.ca
Media Relations Office
Foreign Affairs, Trade and Development Canada
343-203-7700
media@international.gc.ca
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