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There are data gaps on the nature and prevalence of gender-based violence in Canada.
The 2019-20 Supplementary Estimates (A) provides the Harbourfront Centre Funding Program an additional $7.5 million for the Harbourfront Centre to realize significant improvements to its infrastructure and to its operations, including roof replacements, electrical upgrades, increased public accessibility, theatre equipment upgrades to industry performance standards, upgraded IT and software for enhanced security, communications, marketing and financial management.
The Syrian conflict involves multiple armed groups and external backers. Ceasefires must be enforced and humanitarian access secured for a meaningful peace process to be possible.
Canada's position regarding our change in vote at the UN from “No” to “Yes” on the resolution titled “The right of the Palestinian people to self-determination.”
Questions may arise regarding measures taken by Canada in response to the unusual symptoms reported by some Canadian diplomats and family members in Cuba.
On November 18, 2019 United States Secretary of State Mike Pompeo announced that US does not consider Israeli settlements in the West Bank to be “per se inconsistent with international law.”
The US' decision to recognize Jerusalem as Israel's capital broke with the international consensus that the city's status should be negotiated directly between Israelis and Palestinians.
Canada is running for a non-permanent seat on the UNSC for the 2021-22 term, at elections in June 2020. Canada is competing against Norway and Ireland for two available seats in our regional group.
Mr. Michael Kovrig and Mr. Michael Spavor were arbitrarily detained on December 10, 2018 and formally arrested on May 6, 2019 on national security grounds.
The bilateral relationship with the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (KSA) remains fractured as Saudi punitive measures against Canada remain in place.