Ottawa – Anita Anand, President of the Treasury Board has said: “Canada and the European Union have a strong bond built on shared values. I was honoured to host my EU counterpart, Commissioner Hahn, in Ottawa to discuss financial policies, government budgeting and public spending.”
Ottawa – Health officials in Canada has identified BA.2.86 variant of the Omicron coronavirus in the country – found in an individual in British Columbia who had not travelled outside the region. He has not currently in hospital, and the discovery does not alter the level of risk to the people in British Columbia. Canadian health authorities says overall virus …
Ottawa – We, the G7 Foreign Ministers of Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, the United Kingdom, the United States of America, and the High Representative of the European Union, condemn in the strongest terms North Korea’s brazen launch of another Intercontinental Ballistic Missile (ICBM) conducted on July 12, 2023, following the launch using ballistic missile technology conducted on May 31, …
Cancún, Mexico – The Canada-United States-Mexico Agreement (CUSMA) is one of the largest free trade agreements in the world, generating nearly $2 trillion in trade, leading to economic growth and helping to raise the standard of living in all 3 countries. Mary Ng, Minister of International Trade, Export Promotion, Small Business and Economic Development, Ambassador Katherine Tai, United States Trade …
Ottawa – Global Affairs Canada has issued the following statement: “On July 4, 2023, Canada and the Netherlands filed joint written observations on the jurisdiction of the International Court of Justice in Ukraine’s case against Russia based on the Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide [Genocide Convention]. “This filing follows the joint declaration of intervention put …
Ottawa – On May 16 and 17, 2023, Canada and the United States met in Kelowna, British Columbia, for the 17th round of negotiations to renew the Columbia River Treaty. Ratified by both countries in 1964, the Treaty provides for flood control measures and hydropower production. Negotiations to modernize the Treaty began in May 2018. The negotiations continue to focus …
Ottawa – Canada picked up a gutsy 3-2 victory over Sweden and has advanced to the semifinals at the women’s world hockey championship.
Ottawa – The Group of Creditors of Ukraine gave the following statement: The representatives of the Group of Creditors of Ukraine held a meeting on 23 March 2023, in the presence of representatives of the International Monetary Fund and the World Bank, to provide financing assurances to support the approval by the IMF Executive Board of the envisaged IMF programme …
KIGALI: The expanded 2026 men’s World Cup in North America is going to start with 12 groups of four teams in a change from the originally planned format, Fifa announced recently. The next World Cup in the United States, Canada, and Mexico will be the first to feature 48 teams, increase from the 32 sides at last year’s tournament in …
