Ottawa—Canada is deeply concerned by the ongoing conflict in Sudan, and for the safety and well-being of the Sudanese people. We continue to support the people of Sudan who are striving for peace and an end to violence in the country. Today, the Honourable Marc Miller, Minister of Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship, announced a new family-based humanitarian pathway for Sudanese …
Ottawa – “We, the G7 Foreign Ministers of Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, the United Kingdom, the United States, and the High Representative of the European Union, condemn in the strongest terms North Korea’s December 18 (local time) launch of an intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM), following four previous ICBM launches this year as well as other launches using ballistic missile technology. …
Ottawa – Ginette Petitpas Taylor, Minister of Veterans Affairs and Associate Minister of National Defence, and Bill Blair, Minister of National Defence, issued the following statement to mark the 80th anniversary of the Battle of Ortona. “Today marks 80 years since the start of one of the most difficult battles that Canadians were involved in during the Second World War. For …
Ottawa A year after the implementation of the price cap on crude oil, our approach has been successful in advancing both of our goals of supporting stability in energy markets while reducing Russian revenues that it could otherwise use to fund its illegal war: Since the beginning of the year, global markets have remained well supplied with oil, while energy …
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Ottawa – Chrystia Freeland, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Finance, pursuant to her authorities under the Bank Act, approved the sale of HSBC Bank Canada (HSBC) to Royal Bank of Canada (RBC), subject to strict terms and conditions imposed on RBC. RBC’s proposed acquisition followed HSBC Global’s November 2022 announcement of its exit from the Canadian market, which is part of …
Ottawa – Melanie Joly, Minister of Foreign Affairs has thanked her team for their work at Global Affairs Canada. She said: “To the sanctions team, the consular affairs team, the communications and policy teams, and everyone in between at Global Affairs Canada headquarters, I can’t thank you enough for your hard work this year. Wishing you and your family a …
Ottawa—Canada remains deeply concerned about the ongoing conflict between Israel and Hamas, and the scale of the humanitarian crisis in Gaza. Since Hamas’s terrorist attack in early October, Canada has been actively working to support the assisted departure of Canadian citizens, permanent residents and their eligible family members from Israel, the West Bank and Gaza. As part of these continuing …
Ottawa – “As endorsed by the foreign ministries of Canada, Denmark, Estonia, France, Germany, the Netherlands, Poland, Sweden, the United Kingdom and the United States on December 20, 2023, the Tallinn Mechanism was officially formalized. “In response to Russia’s unprovoked war of aggression against Ukraine, the Tallinn Mechanism aims to coordinate and facilitate civilian cyber-capacity building to help Ukraine uphold …
Warsaw – Bill Blair, Minister of National Defence, met with his Polish counterpart, Deputy Prime Minister and Defence Minister Władysław Kosiniak-Kamysz. Minister Blair thanked Deputy Prime Minister Kosiniak-Kamysz for Poland’s ongoing hospitality to Canadian Armed Forces members, who are training members of the Armed Forces of Ukraine (AFU) on Polish soil under Operation UNIFIER. Since October 2022, Canada has deployed …
