The Government of Canada is committed to advancing an inclusive trade agenda that encourages trade and investment in key markets and strengthens the rules-based trading system. International trade will play a key role in Canada’s economic recovery from the COVID-19 pandemic by creating opportunities for businesses to grow at home and around the world, creating jobs, and strengthening the middle class.
Day: March 12, 2021
Increasing equity, diversity and inclusion in science and research enhances excellence, innovation and creativity and leads to more impactful results for all Canadians. The Government of Canada is committed to tackling challenges encountered by under-represented and disadvantaged groups in Canadian research institutions and addressing the impacts on research at large.
We, the G7 Foreign Ministers of Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, the United Kingdom and the United States of America and the High Representative of the European Union, are united in expressing our grave concerns at the Chinese authorities’ decision fundamentally to erode democratic elements of the electoral system in Hong Kong. Such a decision strongly indicates that the authorities in mainland China are determined to eliminate dissenting voices and opinions in Hong Kong.
Members of the media are invited to join the Honourable Bill Blair, Minister of Public Safety and Emergency Preparedness, and the Honourable Maryam Monsef, Minister for Women and Gender Equality and Rural Economic Development, as they make a funding announcement to raise awareness of the Government’s efforts to combat sex trafficking in Peterborough and surrounding communities.
Canadian Sébastien Toutant won a silver medal in the slopestyle event at the FIS snowboard world championships in Aspen, Colo., on Friday. Toutant finished second behind Norway’s Marcus Kleveland.