Event Location: Bangladesh

International Development Minister and Minister responsible for the Pacific Economic Development Agency of Canada Harjit S. Sajjan (Vancouver South, B.C.) will visit Bangladesh, the Philippines and Qatar from Feb. 24-Mar. 5. In the Philippines, he will be accompanied by Liberal MP Rechie Valdez (Mississauga—Streetsville, Ont.). In Qatar, Sajjan will take part in the Fifth United Nations Conference on the Least Developed Countries. Contact Haley.Hodgson@international.gc.ca.

Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of International Development Kamal Khera (Brampton West, Ont.) will visit Bangladesh from May 20-23 to meet with humanitarian and development partners and representatives of the Government of Bangladesh to discuss the response to the Rohingya refugee crisis, as well as people directly affected. Call 343-203-7700.  

Foreign Affairs Minister Chrystia Freeland (University-Rosedale, Ont.) will visit Bangladesh from May 3-6 to address the 45th Session of the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation Council of Foreign Ministers. She will be accompanied by Bob Rae, the Prime Minister’s Special Envoy to Myanmar, and Canada’s Special Envoy to the OIC, Masud Husain. They will visit Cox’s Bazar to witness the … Read more

International Development and La Francophonie Minister Marie-Claude Bibeau (Compton-Stanstead, Que.) will travel to Bangladesh from November 21-23 to witness first-hand the devastating impact of the Rohingya refugee crisis and assess the best ways for Canada to assist the hundreds of thousands of people who have fled from Myanmar. Bibeau will also meet with senior Bangladeshi government officials, … Read more