http://www.international.gc.ca/media http://www.international.gc.ca/RSS feed from DFAIT en 2013-05-16 Copyright http://www.international.gc.ca/media/rss/ http://www.international.gc.ca/media http://www.international.gc.ca/media http://www.international.gc.ca/wet30-1/aff/news-communiques/2013/05/16a.aspx?lang=eng DFAIT 05/16/2013 Foreign Affairs Minister John Baird and Bernard Membe, Tanzania’s Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Co-operation, today issued the following statement upon signing the Canada-Tanzania Foreign Investment Promotion and Protection Agreement (FIPA) 05/16/2013 05/30/2013 http://www.international.gc.ca/wet30-1/aff/news-communiques/2013/05/14a.aspx?lang=eng DFAIT 05/14/2013 Foreign Affairs Minister John Baird today signalled Canada’s interest in growing trade and investment with Kenya and our intent to meaningfully engage when it comes to shared values. 05/14/2013 05/28/2013 http://www.international.gc.ca/wet30-1/aff/news-communiques/2013/05/13c.aspx?lang=eng DFAIT 05/13/2013 Foreign Affairs Minister John Baird and Lois Brown, Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of International Cooperation, today announced that Canada will provide additional support to help Mali restore democracy, regain stability and retain its territorial integrity. 05/13/2013 05/27/2013 http://www.international.gc.ca/wet30-1/aff/news-communiques/2013/05/13b.aspx?lang=eng DFAIT 05/13/2013 Foreign Affairs Minister John Baird today signalled Canada’s intent to deepen trade and investment with Ghana—one of the world’s fastest-growing economies. Baird and his Ghanaian counterpart, Hanna Tetteh, agreed that finalizing a foreign investment promotion and protection agreement is a matter of priority in relations between the two countries. 05/13/2013 05/27/2013 http://www.international.gc.ca/wet30-1/aff/news-communiques/2013/05/12a.aspx?lang=eng DFAIT 05/12/2013 This coming week, federal government ministers will demonstrate Canada’s principled foreign policy in action in the Americas, Europe and Africa. 05/12/2013 05/26/2013 http://www.international.gc.ca/wet30-1/aff/news-communiques/2013/05/03b.aspx?lang=eng DFAIT 05/03/2013 Foreign Affairs Minister John Baird today issued the following statement: “Canada is increasingly concerned over the persistent lawlessness in Libya, notably the armed groups that have besieged a number of government offices. 05/03/2013 05/17/2013 http://www.international.gc.ca/media_commerce/release_photo_distribution/2013/05/01a.aspx?lang=eng DFAIT 05/01/2013 The Honourable Ed Fast, Minister of International Trade and Minister for the Asia-Pacific Gateway, meets with Olusegun Aganga, Nigeria’s Minister of Industry, Trade and Investment, to mark the successful conclusion of negotiations toward a Canada-Nigeria foreign investment promotion and protection agreement (FIPA). 05/01/2013 05/15/2013 http://www.international.gc.ca/wet30-1/aff/news-communiques/2013/04/23a.aspx?lang=eng DFAIT 04/23/2013 Foreign Affairs Minister John Baird today issued the following statement: “Canada unequivocally condemns today’s car bombing targeting the French embassy in Tripoli, Libya. Our thoughts are with the two people injured and their loved ones." 04/23/2013 05/07/2013 http://www.international.gc.ca/media/aff/news-communiques/2013/03/01b.aspx?lang=eng DFAIT 03/01/2013 Sudan, a country with a terrible human rights record, has sunk to new depths of cruelty, having carried out amputations on a man convicted of a criminal offence. 03/01/2013 03/15/2013 http://www.international.gc.ca/media_commerce/release_photo_distribution/2013/02/02b.aspx?lang=eng DFAIT 02/01/2013 Minister Fast congratulates Episolar Inc. of Toronto on its power purchase agreement with the Electricity Company of Ghana Ltd. 02/01/2013 02/15/2013 http://www.international.gc.ca/media_commerce/release_photo_distribution/2013/02/01b.aspx?lang=eng DFAIT 02/01/2013 Minister Fast congratulates Inkas Canada on their joint venture in Ghana to manufacture and offer a variety of affordable, specialized armoured personnel vehicles suited for police services, peacekeeping missions, safe transport of VIPs, cash-in-transit and other security duties. The project is valued at US$50 million and will create nearly 250 jobs. 02/01/2013 02/15/2013 http://www.international.gc.ca/media_commerce/comm/news-communiques/2013/02/01a.aspx?lang=eng DFAIT 02/01/2013 The Honourable Ed Fast, Minister of International Trade and Minister for the Asia-Pacific Gateway, today concluded a successful infrastructure and extractive-sector focused trade mission to fast-growing sub-Saharan Africa—his first trade mission of 2013. Minister Fast was accompanied by representatives of nearly 30 companies and organizations from across Canada. 02/01/2013 02/15/2013 http://www.international.gc.ca/media_commerce/release_photo_distribution/2013/02/1a.aspx?lang=eng DFAIT 02/01/2013 The Honourable Ed Fast, Minister of International Trade and Minister for the Asia-Pacific Gateway, meets with Ghana’s newly elected president, John Dramani Mahama. Minister Fast and President Mahama discussed Ghana’s becoming one of Canada’s leading trading partners in Africa and ways the two countries can work together to increase bilateral trade and investment, and their cooperation in the region. 02/01/2013 02/15/2013 http://www.international.gc.ca/media_commerce/release_photo_distribution/2013/01/31a.aspx?lang=eng DFAIT 01/31/2013 The Honourable Ed Fast, Minister of International Trade and Minister for the Asia-Pacific Gateway, tours the new facilities of Atlantic Aviation. 01/31/2013 02/14/2013 http://www.international.gc.ca/media/aff/news-communiques/2013/01/29a.aspx?lang=eng DFAIT 01/29/2013 Canada welcomes the adoption of a “road map for transition” by the Malian National Assembly today in Bamako 01/29/2013 02/12/2013 http://www.international.gc.ca/media_commerce/release_photo_distribution/2013/01/29c.aspx?lang=eng DFAIT 01/29/2013 The Honourable Ed Fast, Minister of International Trade and Minister for the Asia-Pacific Gateway, today visited the Abuja Light Rail Project that was planned by CPCS of Ottawa, Ontario. 01/29/2013 02/12/2013 http://www.international.gc.ca/media_commerce/release_photo_distribution/2013/01/29b.aspx?lang=eng DFAIT 01/29/2013 The Honourable Ed Fast, Minister of International Trade and Minister for the Asia-Pacific Gateway, today visited the Dangote Group of Companies in Lagos, Nigeria, to see how IMW Industries of Chilliwack, British Columbia, is providing fuelling station solutions to displace traditional liquid transport fuels with compressed natural gas (CNG), which is both cleaner for the environment and more economical. 01/29/2013 02/12/2013 http://www.international.gc.ca/media_commerce/release_photo_distribution/2013/01/29a.aspx?lang=eng DFAIT 01/29/2013 The Honourable Ed Fast, Minister of International Trade and Minister for the Asia-Pacific Gateway, congratulates Corvus Energy on its announcement that the company’s flagship battery module will be a prime source of uninterrupted power supply for residential and commercial applications in the Nigerian market. 01/29/2013 02/12/2013 http://www.international.gc.ca/media_commerce/comm/news-communiques/2013/01/27a.aspx?lang=eng DFAIT 01/27/2013 First trade mission of 2013 to focus on key opportunities for Canadian workers and businesses in fast-growing markets 01/27/2013 02/10/2013 http://www.international.gc.ca/media/aff/news-communiques/2013/01/19a.aspx?lang=eng DFAIT 01/19/2013 Foreign Affairs Minister John Baird today issued the following statement: 01/19/2013 02/02/2013 http://www.international.gc.ca/media_commerce/comm/news-communiques/2012/12/27a.aspx?lang=eng DFAIT 12/27/2012 The Honourable Ed Fast, Minister of International Trade and Minister for the Asia-Pacific Gateway, today highlighted key accomplishments for 2012 of the most ambitious trade-expansion plan in Canada’s history. 12/27/2012 01/10/2013 http://www.international.gc.ca/wet30-1/aff/news-communiques/2012/12/11b.aspx?lang=eng DFAIT 12/11/2012 Foreign Affairs Minister John Baird today issued the following statement: Canada is deeply concerned by the recent developments in Mali. 12/11/2012 12/25/2012 http://www.international.gc.ca/media/aff/news-communiques/2012/10/28a.aspx?lang=eng DFAIT 10/28/2012 Foreign Affairs Minister John Baird issued the following statement 10/28/2012 11/11/2012 http://www.international.gc.ca/media/aff/news-communiques/2012/08/09a.aspx?lang=eng DFAIT 08/09/2012 Foreign Affairs Minister John Baird today issued the following statement: “Canada welcomes the official transfer of power from the National Transitional Council to the democratically elected General National Congress. 08/09/2012 08/23/2012 http://www.international.gc.ca/media/aff/news-communiques/2012/08/07a.aspx?lang=eng DFAIT 08/07/2012 Foreign Affairs Minister John Baird today issued the following statement: “I am deeply saddened by the cowardly murder by gunmen of parishioners who were gathered in worship at a church in the town of Otite in Kogi state, Nigeria. 08/07/2012 08/21/2012 http://www.international.gc.ca/media/aff/news-communiques/2012/08/04a.aspx?lang=eng DFAIT 08/04/2012 Foreign Affairs Minister John Baird issued the following statement: “Canada welcomes reports that Sudan and South Sudan have reached an understanding on financial arrangements for oil exports. 08/04/2012 08/18/2012 http://www.international.gc.ca/media/aff/news-communiques/2012/07/24a.aspx?lang=eng DFAIT 07/24/2012 Foreign Affairs Minister John Baird today issued the following statement 07/24/2012 08/07/2012 http://www.international.gc.ca/media/aff/news-communiques/2012/07/09b.aspx?lang=eng DFAIT 07/09/2012 Foreign Affairs Minister John Baird and International Cooperation Minister Julian Fantino issued the following statement: “One year ago, Canada welcomed the formal creation of South Sudan as an independent state—a momentous event for the people of South Sudan". 07/09/2012 07/23/2012 http://www.international.gc.ca/media/franco/news-communiques/2012/06/28a.aspx?lang=eng DFAIT 06/28/2012 The Honourable Bernard Valcourt, Minister of State (Atlantic Canada Opportunities Agency) (La Francophonie), concluded a visit to the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), Côte d’Ivoire and France from June 20 to 28, 2012. The main objective of the Minister’s visit was to discuss progress on human rights, democracy and governance in the DRC in the lead-up to the 14th Francophonie Summit, to be held in Kinshasa from October 12 to 14, 2012. 06/28/2012 07/12/2012 http://www.international.gc.ca/media/aff/news-communiques/2012/06/04a.aspx?lang=eng DFAIT 06/04/2012 Foreign Affairs Minister John Baird today met with Saad Dine El Otmani, Morocco’s Minister of Foreign Affairs and Cooperation, to discuss Canada-Morocco relations and recent developments in the Middle East and North Africa. 06/04/2012 06/18/2012 http://www.international.gc.ca/media/aff/news-communiques/2012/06/03a.aspx?lang=eng DFAIT 06/03/2012 Foreign Affairs Minister John Baird and Minister of State (Consular and the Americas), the Honourable Diane Ablonczy today issued the following statement: “On behalf of all Canadians, we extend our deepest sympathies to the friends and families of the victims of today’s tragic airplane crash. 06/03/2012 06/17/2012 http://www.international.gc.ca/media/aff/news-communiques/2012/05/2b.aspx?lang=eng DFAIT 05/02/2012 05/02/2012 05/16/2012 http://www.international.gc.ca/media/aff/news-communiques/2012/04/29a.aspx?lang=eng DFAIT 04/29/2012 Foreign Affairs Minister John Baird today issued the following statement: “I am deeply saddened to see that Nigerians gathered to practise their faith have again become the target of terrorists.” 04/29/2012 05/13/2012 http://www.international.gc.ca/media/aff/news-communiques/2012/04/26c.aspx?lang=eng DFAIT 04/26/2012 Foreign Affairs Minister John Baird today issued the following statement 04/26/2012 05/10/2012 http://www.international.gc.ca/media/aff/news-communiques/2012/04/22a.aspx?lang=eng DFAIT 04/22/2012 Foreign Affairs Minister John Baird today issued the following statement: “Canada calls for calm following an attack on a church frequented by South Sudanese in Khartoum, Sudan. We are concerned about the vulnerability of Southerners in Sudan to hardening rhetoric and violence at the hands of radical groups. 04/22/2012 05/06/2012 http://www.international.gc.ca/media/aff/news-communiques/2012/04/08a.aspx?lang=eng DFAIT 04/08/2012 Foreign Affairs Minister John Baird today issued the following statement on the terror attack in the central Nigerian city of Kaduna: “Our thoughts and prayers are with those affected by these cowardly acts. 04/08/2012 04/22/2012 http://www.international.gc.ca/media/aff/news-communiques/2012/04/07a.aspx?lang=eng DFAIT 04/07/2012 Foreign Affairs Minister John Baird today issued the following statement: “Canada welcomes the swearing-in of President Joyce Banda and wishes her well during her term in office. 04/07/2012 04/21/2012 http://www.international.gc.ca/media/aff/news-communiques/2012/03/30b.aspx?lang=eng DFAIT 03/30/2012 Foreign Affairs Minister John Baird and the Honourable Bernard Valcourt, Minister of State (Atlantic Canada Opportunities Agency) (La Francophonie), today issued the following statement: “Canada is proud to have played an active role in getting Mali immediately suspended from the International Organisation of La Francophonie. 03/30/2012 04/13/2012 http://www.international.gc.ca/media/aff/news-communiques/2012/03/27a.aspx?lang=eng DFAIT 03/27/2012 Foreign Affairs Minister John Baird today issued the following statement: “Canada denounces the recent cross-border attacks by both Sudan and South Sudan. These actions threaten to reignite direct military confrontation and postpone true peace. 03/27/2012 04/10/2012 http://www.international.gc.ca/media/aff/news-communiques/2012/03/26a.aspx?lang=eng DFAIT 03/26/2012 Foreign Affairs Minister John Baird today issued the following statement: “Canada applauds the Senegalese people on the transparent and orderly manner in which the country’s presidential vote was concluded. 03/26/2012 04/09/2012 http://www.international.gc.ca/media/aff/news-communiques/2012/03/21e.aspx?lang=eng DFAIT 03/21/2012 - Foreign Affairs Minister John Baird today issued the following statement on the situation in Mali: “I am deeply concerned by reports coming out of Bamako, Mali, where certain elements of the Malian military appear to have attacked the presidential palace. We call upon the perpetrators of these attacks to immediately withdraw. 03/21/2012 04/04/2012 http://www.international.gc.ca/media/aff/news-communiques/2012/03/04a.aspx?lang=eng DFAIT 03/04/2012 Foreign Affairs Minister John Baird today issued the following statement 03/04/2012 03/18/2012 http://www.international.gc.ca/media/aff/news-communiques/2012/02/23a.aspx?lang=eng DFAIT 02/23/2012 Foreign Affairs Minister John Baird today issued the following statement at the conclusion of the London Conference on Somalia: “I want to thank the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, David Cameron, for hosting this important conference and congratulate the United Kingdom for its efforts in bringing together the many stakeholders whose participation at this conference was vital. 02/23/2012 03/08/2012 http://www.international.gc.ca/media/aff/news-communiques/2012/02/17a.aspx?lang=eng DFAIT 02/17/2012 Foreign Affairs Minister John Baird today issued the following statement: “I am deeply concerned by reports that the peaceful public demonstration planned by the Roman Catholic Church in the Democratic Republic of Congo to protest the irregularities in last November’s elections was not allowed to take place. 02/17/2012 03/02/2012 http://www.international.gc.ca/media/aff/news-communiques/2012/01/21a.aspx?lang=eng DFAIT 01/21/2012 Foreign Affairs Minister John Baird today issued the following statement on terrorist attacks in Kano, Nigeria, that left scores of people dead or injured, and for which radical terrorist group Boko Haram has reportedly claimed responsibility. 01/21/2012 02/04/2012 http://www.international.gc.ca/media/aff/news-communiques/2012/01/006.aspx?lang=eng DFAIT 01/07/2012 January 6, 2012 - 8 p.m. ET 01/07/2012 01/21/2012 http://www.international.gc.ca/media/aff/news-communiques/2011/396.aspx?lang=eng DFAIT 12/30/2011 No. 396 - December 30, 2011 - 4:30 p.m. ET 12/30/2011 01/13/2012 http://www.international.gc.ca/media/aff/news-communiques/2011/392.aspx?lang=eng DFAIT 12/25/2011 No. 392 - December 25, 2011 - 12:15 p.m. ET 12/25/2011 01/08/2012 http://www.international.gc.ca/media/aff/news-communiques/2011/369.aspx?lang=eng DFAIT 12/10/2011 No. 369 – December 9, 2011 – 10:50 p.m. ET 12/10/2011 12/24/2011 http://www.international.gc.ca/media/aff/news-communiques/2011/359.aspx?lang=eng DFAIT 11/30/2011 No. 359 – November 30, 2011 – 2 p.m. ET 11/30/2011 12/14/2011 http://www.international.gc.ca/media/aff/news-communiques/2011/352.aspx?lang=eng DFAIT 11/23/2011 No. 352 – November 23, 2011 – 5:50 p.m. ET 11/23/2011 12/07/2011 http://www.international.gc.ca/media/aff/news-communiques/2011/332.aspx?lang=eng DFAIT 11/06/2011 No. 332 - November 5, 2011 - 8:50 p.m. ET 11/06/2011 11/20/2011 http://www.international.gc.ca/media_commerce/comm/news-communiques/2011/297.aspx?lang=eng DFAIT 10/11/2011 No. 297 - October 11, 2011 - 6:50 p.m. ET 10/11/2011 10/25/2011 http://www.international.gc.ca/media/aff/news-communiques/2011/285.aspx?lang=eng DFAIT 10/04/2011 No. 285 - October 4, 2011 - 4:50 p.m. ET 10/04/2011 10/18/2011 http://www.international.gc.ca/media/aff/news-communiques/2011/272.aspx?lang=eng DFAIT 09/22/2011 No. 272 - September 22, 2011 - 6:20 p.m. ET 09/22/2011 10/06/2011 http://www.international.gc.ca/media/aff/news-communiques/2011/271.aspx?lang=eng DFAIT 09/21/2011 No. 271 - September 21, 2011 - 2 p.m. ET 09/21/2011 10/05/2011 http://www.international.gc.ca/media/state-etat/news-communiques/2011/267.aspx?lang=eng DFAIT 09/16/2011 No. 267 - September 16, 2011 - 11 a.m. ET 09/16/2011 09/30/2011 http://www.international.gc.ca/media/state-etat/news-communiques/2011/264.aspx?lang=eng DFAIT 09/14/2011 No. 264 - September 14, 2011 - 3 p.m. ET 09/14/2011 09/28/2011 http://www.international.gc.ca/media/aff/speeches-discours/2010/2010-078.aspx?lang=eng DFAIT 09/07/2011 Address by Minister Cannon to Diplomatic Forum, No. 2010/78 - Ottawa, Ontario - October 6, 2010 09/07/2011 09/21/2011 http://www.international.gc.ca/media/state-etat/news-communiques/2011/255.aspx?lang=eng DFAIT 09/06/2011 No. 255 - September 6, 2011 - 6 p.m. ET 09/06/2011 09/20/2011 http://www.international.gc.ca/media/state-etat/advisories-avis/2011/A-065.aspx?lang=eng DFAIT 09/03/2011 No. A/65 - September 3, 2011 09/03/2011 09/17/2011 http://www.international.gc.ca/media/aff/news-communiques/2011/246.aspx?lang=eng DFAIT 08/26/2011 No. 246 - August 26, 2011 - 4:40 p.m. ET 08/26/2011 09/09/2011 http://www.international.gc.ca/media/aff/advisories-avis/2011/A-061.aspx?lang=eng DFAIT 08/25/2011 No. A/61 - August 25, 2011 08/25/2011 09/08/2011 http://www.international.gc.ca/media/aff/news-communiques/2011/234.aspx?lang=eng DFAIT 08/16/2011 No. 234 - August 16, 2011 - 5 p.m. ET 08/16/2011 08/30/2011