John Baird

“Travel to Boston, Massachusetts for the North American Foreign Minister's meeting, bilateral meeting with US Secretary of State HE John Kerry, bilateral meeting with Mexican Foreign Secretary Jose Antonio Meade. Media availability. Business luncheon co-hosted by Minister Baird and Canadian Ambassador to the United States Gary Doer.”

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“Travel to Luxor and Cairo, Egypt; Jerusalem and Tel Aviv, Israel; Ramallah, West Bank; Davos, Switzerland; and Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. (Luxor): Signing Ceremony with local government representatives and media availability. (Cairo): meetings with: HE Sameh Shoukry, Foreign Minister of Egypt; Dr. Mohammed Ahmed el-Tayyib, Grand Sheikh of al-Azhar mosque; HH Pope Tawadross II of the Coptic Orthodox Church. Media availability with Minister Shoukry. Attended Canada-Egypt Business Council reception. (Jerusalem and Tel Aviv): Meeting with Mr. Moshe Kahlon and Mr. Michael Oren; Q&A with young Israeli business leaders. Roundtable discussion with Palestinian Business Leaders Ammar Aker (CEO Paltel Group); Bassam Walweel (CEO Golden Wheat Mills); Abdul-Malek Jaber (CEO Arabeneur) and Ibrahim Barham (CEO Paltrade). Meeting and working lunch with HE Avigdor Lieberman, Foreign Minister of Israel. Signing Ceremony with Minister Lieberman and presentation of Grand Challenges Israel Certificates. Meetings with HE Reuven Rivlin, President of Israel; former Prime Minister of the Palestinian Authority, Mr. Salam Fayyad; US Congressional delegation including Sen. John McCain (R-AZ); Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-SC); Sen Bob Corker (R-TN); Sen. John Barrasso (R-WY); Sen. Joe Donnelly (D-IN); Sen. Angus King (I-ME); Sen. Timothy Kaine (D-VA); HE Tzipi Livni and Mr. Isaac Herzog; HE Shimon Peres, former President of Israel; HE Moshe Ya’alon, Minister of Defence; HE Benjamin Netanyahu, Prime Minister; HE Yuval Steinitz, Minister of Intelligence and Strategic Affairs; HE Naftali Bennett, Minister of Economy. Media Interviews with Jerusalem Post, Israel Hayom, and the Times of Israel. Attended roundtable on Israeli innovation. (Ramallah): Meeting with HE Riad Malki, Foreign Minister of the Palestinian Authority. (Davos): Attended Edelman Trust Breakfast. Meetings with Dr. David Elwood, Dean of the Kennedy School of Government at Harvard; HE Toomas Ilves, President of Estonia; HRH Prince Turki al-Faisal; Domenic Barton of McKinsey. Attended leaders-level session on the new global context for strategic cooperation. Attended session on Ukraine chaired by Ukrainian Minister of Finance. Spoke on panel on “The End Game for Iraq and Syria” live broadcast to Arab world on al-Arabiya (along with HE Ayad Allawi, Vice President of Iraq; HRH Prince Turki al-Faisal; and HE Rousch al-Shaways, Deputy Prime Minister of Iraq). Attended Egypt official dinner with President el-Sisi. Spoke on panel entitled “A Multipolar World” (along with Kishore Mahbubani, Dean of the Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy; Dr. Joseph S. Nye Jr, Kennedy School of Government at Harvard; and HE Volkan Bozkir, Minister for EU Affairs of Turkey). Meeting with HE Pavlo Klimkhin, Foreign Minister of Ukraine. Attended Washington Post Luncheon. Meetings with Joerg Reinhardt, Chairman of Novartis; John Chipman, Director General and CEO of the International Institute for Strategic Studies; Ertharin Cousin, Executive Director of the World Food Program. Attended Canadian CEO Roundtable hosted by HE Ed Fast, Minister of International Trade. Meetings with HE John Kerry, Secretary of State of the United States; Robin Niblett, Director of Chatham House; Prof. Klaus Schwabb, Chairman of the World Economic Forum; Jean-Marie Guehenno, President of the International Crisis Group. (Riyadh): Meeting/briefing with Canadian Ambassador Tom MacDonald. Attended official ceremony to offer condolences to the family of the late King Abdullah of Saudi Arabia. Working dinner with the Governor General and the Saudi Ambassador to Canada.”

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“Toronto: Roundtable with Ukrainian Canadian Community. Roundtable with Canada Chinese Business and Professional Association. Roundtable with the Canadian Coptic Community. Media interview with CP24 Stephen LeDrew in studio. Meeting with Mr. Paul Kuras, Honourary Consul of Lithuania in Canada. Media interview with John Moore CFRB. Media interview with Tom Clark. Roundtable with the Canada Korean Community.”

“Travel to Brasilia and Rio de Janeiro, Brazil for Inauguration of HE President Dilma Rousseff, and travel to Toronto for event with the Munk School on Global Affairs. (Brasilia): Briefing with Canadian Ambassador Jamal Khokhar. Attended official inauguration ceremony on behalf of Canada. Meetings and pull-asides with: HE President Rouseff, HE Mauro Vieira, Foreign Minister of Brazil, HE Antonio Patriota, former Foreign Minister of Brazil, HE Eduardo Dos Santos, Secretary-General of the Foreign Ministry, HE Sergio Danese, Ambassador of Brazil, HE Joe Biden, Vice-President of the United States, Ms. Roberta Jacobesen, Assistant Secretary of State for the Western Hemisphere of the United States, Mr. Ricardo Zuniga, NSC Special Representative of the United States, HE Li Yuanchao, Vice-President of the People’s Republic of China, HE German Vargas Lleras, Vice-President of Colombia, HE Gonzalo Gutierrez, Foreign Minister of Peru, HE Mehmut Cavusoglu, Foreign Minister of Turkey, HE Riad al-Malki, Foreign Minister of the Palestinian Authority, HE Heraldo Munoz, Foreign Minister of Chile, Mr. Enrique Garcia Rodriguez, Executive President of the CAF Development Bank of Latin America. (Rio de Janeiro): Officially opened the New Multi-Purpose Area of the Canadian Consulate General. Business reception at the Consulate. Visit to Canada Olympic House locations for Rio 2016 Summer Olympic Games. (Toronto): Public event announcing launch of the Digital Public Square Project with the Munk School on Global Affairs. Meetings with Janice Stein, Founding Director of the Munk School, and Stephen Toope, President of the Munk School”

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“(San Francisco/Silicon Valley): Meeting with Elliot Schrage, Vice President of Communications and Public Policy; Monika Bickert, Global Head of Product Policy and Katie Harbath, Global Politics and Government Manager, Facebook. Meeting with the Hon. Condoleezza Rice, former US Secretary of State and Senior Fellow and Professor, Stanford University. Meeting with Mr. Peter Thiel, Chairman of Palantir. Meet and Greet with Canadian Consulate Staff. Speeches to AIPAC San Jose and AIPAC San Francisco. (New York): Meeting of the International Peace Institute. Hanukkah Event hosted by HE Ron Prosor, Permanent Representative of Israel to the UN and Mr. Ronald S. Lauder, President of the World Jewish Congress. Meeting with the Hon. Henry Kissenger, former US Secretary of State. Meeting with HE Ban Ki-Moon, Secretary General of the United Nations. Meeting with Mr. Alex Karp, CEO of Palantir. Meeting with Mr. Tom Kaplan, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of The Electrum Group. Meeting with Mr. Ian Bremmer, Eurasia Group. Meeting with Mr. David Harris, Executive Director of the American Jewish Committee. Meeting with Ms. Zainab Hawa Bangura, UN Special Representative on sexual violence in conflict. Meeting with Mr. Jeffrey Goldberg, Author and Journalist for The Atlantic magazine.”

“Travel to Reykjavik, Iceland; London, UK; Brussels, Belgium; Basel, Switzerland; and Manama, Bahrain. (Reykjavik): Bilateral visit and meetings with HE Gunnar Bragi Sveinsson, Minister of Foreign Affairs. Joint press conference and interviews with Icelandic media. Meeting with HE Sigmundur David Gunnlaugsson, Prime Minister. Meeting with HE Einar Kristinn Gudfinnsson, Speaker of the Althing, and meeting with the Members of the Althingi Foreign Relations Committee. Wreath laying ceremony at Commonwealth War Graves of 16 Canadian soldiers. Meet and greet at the Canadian Embassy with Ambassador Wheeler. Meeting with HE Bjarni Benediktsson, Minister of Finance. (London): Meetings with: Sir Ronald Sanders, Research Fellow at the Institute of Commonwealth Studies, University of London; Rt. Hon. Sajid Javid, MP, Secretary of State for Culture; Mr. Paul Brundage of Oxford Properties; Lord Heseltine, advisor to Prime Minister Cameron. Presentation of the John G. Diefenbaker Defender of Human Rights and Freedom Award to the Rt. Hon. William Hague, Leader of the Government in the House of Commons for his work on the Preventing Sexual Violence Initiative. Media interviews with CBC, CTV and Global. (Brussels): NATO Foreign Ministers Meeting. Meeting of the NATO-Ukraine Commission. Meeting of the North Atlantic Council on Operation RESOLUTE SUPPORT. Working dinner of NATO Foreign Ministers. Meeting of the International Coalition Against Daesh hosted by HE John Kerry, US Secretary of State. Meeting of the International Community on Afghanistan with HE Ashraf Ghani, President of Afghanistan, and HE Abdullah Abdullah, CEO of Afghanistan. Bilateral meetings with: HE Mevlut Cavusoglu, Foreign Minister of Turkey; HE Edgars Rinkevics, Foreign Minister of Latvia; HE Frank-Walter Steinmeier, Foreign Minister of Germany; HE Bert Koenders, Foreign Minister of The Netherlands; HE Tamar Beruchashvili, Foreign Minister of Georgia; HE Jens Stoltenberg, Secretary-General of NATO; HE Zlatko Lagumdzija, Foreign Minister of Bosnia and Herzegovina. (Basel): Meeting with Crimean Tatar community and Foreign Ministers of Ukraine, Turkey, Lithuania, and representatives from the United States and the United Kingdom. Gave Canada’s national statement during OSCE plenary session. Bilateral meetings with HE Pavlo Klimkin, Foreign Minister of Ukraine; HE Daniel Mitov, Foreign Minister of Bulgaria; HE Keit Pentus-Rosimanus, Foreign Minister of Estonia; HE Sebastian Kurz, Foreign Minister of Austria. Attended working dinner of Foreign Ministers. (Bahrain): Attended Manama Dialogue 10th Anniversary Meeting, hosted by the International Institute for Strategic Studies (IISS). Gave speech and answered questions on panel alongside HE Dr. Abdul Latif bin Rashid Al Zayani, Secretary-General of the Gulf Cooperation Council, and Rt. Hon. Michael Fallon, MP, Secretary of Defence of the United Kingdom. Bilateral Meetings with HH Hamad bin Isa al-Khalifa, King of Bahrain; HH Crown Prince Salman bin Hamad al-Khalifa; and HH Sheikh Khalid bin Ahmad al-Khalifa, Foreign Minister of Bahrain. Media interviews with Sky News Arabia, Gulf News, Associated Press, and al-Hayat. Attended and spoke at business reception.”

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“Travel to Halifax, NS for the Halifax International Security Forum. Meetings with: U.S. Congressional Delegation (Senator John McCain (R-AZ); Senator Tim Kaine (D-VA); Senator John Barrasso (R-WY); Senator Ted Cruz (R-TX); Representative Tom Cotton (R-4th/AR); Representative Tulsi Gabbard (D-2nd/HI); Representative Adam Kinzinger (R-16th/IL); Representative Mike Pompeo (R-4th /KS); Representative Adam Schiff (D-28th/CA)); Former Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Barak; former Turkish President Abdullah Gul; former Governor of Vermont, Howard Dean. Meeting with HE President Toomas Ilves of Estonia. Meeting with General John Allen, Special Presidential Envoy for the Global Coalition to Counter Daesh.”

“Travel to Beijing and Shanghai, China; and Dubai and Liwa, United Arab Emirates. (Beijing): Meetings with energy executives and financial organizations. Attended and spoke at APEC Foreign Minister Meeting. Bilateral meeting with HE Retno Marsudi, Minister of Foreign Affairs of Indonesia. Attended Canada-China Business Forum with Prime Minister Harper. Bilateral meetings with Prime Minister Harper, members of the Canadian Cabinet and HE Li Keqiang, Premier of China. Participated in signing ceremony. Participated in stakeholder engagement session with Canadian businesses, organized by the Canada-China Business Council. Bilateral meetings with Prime Minister Harper, Members of the Canadian Cabinet and HE Xi Jinping, President of China, and HE Zhang Dejiang, Chairman of the Standing Committee of the National People’s Congress. (Shanghai) Meeting with the Mayor of Shanghai, Yang Xiong. Meeting with Yihaodian. Roundtable luncheon with Canadian businesses at Tock’s Deli. Meeting with HE Arnon Perlman, Consul-General of Israel in Shanghai and visit to the Ohel Rachel Synagogue. Spoke at reception hosted by Canada-China Chamber of Commerce. (Dubai): Meetings with: HE Mohammad al-Gergawi, Minister of Cabinet Affairs and CEO of Dubai Expo 2020; HE Mohammed al-Shaibaini, Director General of HH Court in Dubai and CEO of Investment Corporation of Dubai; HE Sheikh Abdullah bin Zayed al Nahyan, Minister of Foreign Affairs of the UAE; HE Sheikh Hazza bin Zayed bin Sultan Al Nahyan, National Security Advisor. Business roundtable and meeting of the Canada-UAE Business Council. (Liwa): Attended and participated in the Sir Bani Yas Forum hosted by HE Sheikh Abdullah.”

“Visit of HE Francois Hollande, President of France. Attended expanded bilateral meeting with President Hollande, Prime Minister Harper, Foreign Minister Fabius, and other Ministers of France and Canada. Attended State Luncheon hosted by Rt. Hon. David Johnson, Governor General of Canada.”

“Meeting with the Rt. Hon. John Turner, former Prime Minister of Canada. Meeting with Indo-Canadian Business leader, Meeting with Financial Services leaders. Attended and Spoke at Friends of Simon Wiesenthal Centre luncheon. Received Award of Valour. Meeting with Embassy Infrastructure leaders. Media interviews.”

“Guest of Honour at Tel Aviv University Event. Speaking engagement on Canada’s Foreign Policy hosted by Osler. Aerospace export meeting, B’MENA Infrastructure meeting, China trade meeting.”

“Travel to: Dallas and Houston, USA; Amsterdam and Nijmegen, The Netherlands; New Delhi, India; Kuwait City, Kuwait and Camp Canada in Kuwait; Jeddah, Saudi Arabia; and Dublin, Ireland. (Dallas): Meeting with Donald Carty, Chairman of Virgin America; Rex Tillerson, Chairman and CEO of ExxonMobil Corporation. Attended the North American Thought Leaders Dinner. Meeting with HE Jose Antonio Meade, Foreign Minister of Mexico. (Houston): Visit to the Johnson Space Center and meeting with LCol Jeremy Hansen and Dr. David Saint-Jacques, Canadian astronauts. Meeting with Charles Davidson, CEO of Noble Energy. (The Netherlands): Meeting with John Crocker, Executive Vice-President of Government Relations, Royal Dutch Shell. Meeting with HE Frans Timmermans, Foreign Minister of The Netherlands. Visit with FM Timmermans to Nijmegan battlefield. Wreathlaying at the Groesbeek Canadian War Cemetery. Visit to the Jewish Historical Museum and the Anne Frank House Museum. Wreath laying at Schiphol Airport Flight MH17 Memorial. (New Delhi): Attended Cricket Diplomacy event. Attended memorial event for Mr. Mebs Velji at the Canadian High Commission. Discussion panel with the Observer Research Foundation. Meeting with HE Narendra Modi, Prime Minister of India. Attended event with Hon. Deepak Obhrai at the Indo-American Friends Group. Meeting with Dr. Ashok Dayalchand with Girls Not Brides. Spoke and led International Day of the Child Event at RK Puram Delhi Public School. Strategic Dialogue meeting with HE Sushma Swaraj, Minister of External Affairs of India. Meeting with Ajit Doval, National Security Advisor. Conducted media interviews with The Hindu, TVToday, CNN-IBN, and the Times of India. Co-hosted reception with Hon. Ed Fast, Minister of International Trade, and Premier Christy Clark of British Columbia. (Kuwait): Visit to Canadian Forces troops at Camp Canada. Meetings with HH Sheikh Sabah Al-Jaber Al-Sabah, Emir of Kuwait; HE Sheikh Khaled Jarrah Al-Sabah, Minister of Defence; HE Sheikh Jaber Al-Mubarak Al-Hamad Al-Sabah, Prime Minister. Joint media availability. (Jeddah): Meetings with: HRH Prince Saud Al-Faisal bin Abdulaziz al-Saud, Minister of Foreign Affairs of Saudi Arabia; HRH Prince Banda bin Sultan bin Abdulaziz, President of the National Security Council; HRH Prince Mohammed bin Nayef, Minister of the Interior. Visit to Islamic De-radicalization centre. Meeting with Mr. Iyad bin Amin Madani, Secretary-General of the Organization of Islamic Cooperation. Visit to Tim Hortons Jeddah. (Dublin): Meeting with HE Charles Flanagan, Minister of Foreign Affairs and Trade of Ireland. Meet and Greet with Canadian Embassy staff. Reception with representatives of the business community.”

“Speech at the Alma Children’s Foundation. Meetings in the central business district. Media with cultural media from across the GTA. Interviews with 580 CFRA, 1010AM, CP24, CPAC, CBC News Network’s Power and Politics, CTV News Channel’s PowerPlay, CBC Radio’s The House, CKNW Radio, CJAD Radio.”

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“United Nations General Assembly: Represented Canada and spoke at the United Nations Security Council Debate on Iraq. Meetings with HE Laurent Fabius, Minister of Foreign Affairs of France; HE Mevlut Cavusoglu, Minister of Foreign Affairs of Turkey. Meeting with Canada’s Consul-General to New York, John Prato. Working dinner with HE Sheikh Abdullah bin Zayed bin Sultan al Nahyan of the United Arab Emirates. Attended and spoke at working breakfast with Graca Machel and Mabel van Oranje of Girls Not Brides on fighting early and forced marriage. Meeting with HE Harry Kalaba, Foreign Minister of Zambia. Co-hosted UN Signature Event on Ending Child, Early and Forced Marriage along with HE Federica Mogharini of Italy, HE Harry Kalaba of Zambia, HE Khaled Bahah, Yemeni Permanent Representative to the UN, Ms. Kate Gilmore, Deputy Executive Director of UNFPA, and Nigel Chapman, CEO of Plan International. Attended and spoke at the Ad Hoc Liaison Committee. Meeting with HE Rami Hamdallah, Prime Minister of the Palestinian Authority. Meeting of the Ministerial Consultation Group hosted by the International Peace Institute. Working dinner with Foreign Ministers from the Middle East hosted by the International Peace Institute. Attended and spoke at working breakfast hosted by HE Martin Lidegaard, Foreign Minister of Denmark on Strengthening Engagement on Countering Violent Extremism. Attended and spoke at the Global Counter Terrorism Forum and Ministerial Meeting. Hosted Strategic Dialogue Luncheon with the Gulf Cooperation Council, attended by HE Dr. Abdul Latif bin Rashid al Zayani, Secretary General of the GCC, HE Sheikh Khalid bin Ahmed Al Khalifa, Foreign Minister of Bahrain, HE Yousef bin Alawi bin Abdulla, Foreign Minister of Oman, HE Hunaina Al-Mughary, Omani Ambassador to the USA, HE Reem Al Hashimi, Minister of State UAE, HE Sheikh Sabah Khalid Al Sabah, Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister of Kuwait, HE Alya Saif Al-Thani, Permanent Representative of Qatar to the UN, HE Abdallah Al Mouallimi, Permanent Representative of Saudi Arabia to the UN. Meeting with HE Albert del Rosario, Foreign Minister of the Philippines. Attended Opening of the UN General Assembly. Meeting with David Rothkopf, CEO and Editor of Foreign Policy Magazine. Attended the Summit on Foreign Terrorist Fighters hosted by HE Barack Obama, President of the United States. Meeting with HE Luiz Figueiredo, Foreign Minister of Brazil. Attended the Transatlantic Working Dinner hosted by HE John Kerry, Secretary of State of the United States. Attended and spoke at the G7 Foreign Ministers Meeting. Attended the Every Woman Every Child signature event hosted by Secretary General Ban Ki-Moon and Prime Minister Harper. Meetings with HE Nikola Poposki, Foreign Minister of Macedonia; HE Sheikh Khalid bin Ahmed bin Mohammed al Khalifah of Bahrain, HE Luis Fernando Carrera, Foreign Minister of Guatemala, HE Bruno Rodriguez Parrilla, Foreign Minister of Cuba. Attended and spoke at the OSCE/Ukraine meeting. Meetings with Dr. Ian Bremmer of the Eurasia Group; HE Sebastian Kurz, Foreign Minister of Austria; HE Sameh Shoukry, Foreign Minister of Egypt; Honourable Aaron Schock, US Congressman (Illinois); and HE Avigdor Lieberman, Foreign Minister of Israel.”

“Travel to Oslo Norway, working reception with members of the Norwegian business community. Meetings with members of the Canadian embassy staff in Oslo and meeting with the Canadian International Centre for the Arctic Region. Bilateral meeting with the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Norway, working dinner with the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Norway. Meeting with Norwegian Heads of Mission, wreath laying ceremony at the Western civil cemetery for Fallen Canadian soldiers. Travel to Trondheim Norway, working visit to the Orland Military Base, meeting with senior Norwegian Military personnel, visit to NATO mission operations, briefings with senior NATO personnel. Visit to the Marine Institute of the University of Science and Technology, meeting with senior officials from the Martinek Marine Institute on potential opportunities for Canadian investments. Media interview with Norwegian TV 2. Travel to Copenhagen Denmark, bilateral meeting with the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Denmark, media interview with the Berlingske Tidende Newspaper. Travel to Salzburg Austria, Participation in the International Peace Institute and Salzburg Global forum symposium and high level meetings titled ‘ Lessons from the Past, Visions for the Future’. Panel discussuant on the globe’s current international security situation. Bilateral meeting with Terje Rod Larsen, president of the International Peace institute, Bilateral Meeting with the Chairman of the King Faisal Center for Research and Islamic Studies. Media interview with Bethany Bell, BBC Foreign Correspondent. Media interview with Christian Ultsch, journalist, Die Presse. Bilateral meeting with the Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs of Croatia. Working dinner with the Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs of Croatia. Working Visit to the Molson Coors investment Zagrebacka Brewery, meeting with the CEO of Zagrebacka company. Meeting with Canadian embassy staff in Zagreb, working reception with representatives of the Canadian and Croatian business and political communities. Bilateral meeting with the Minister of Defence of Croatia, media interview with the Vecernji List” Newspaper, media interview Hrvatska Radio Television. Travel to Belgrade Serbia, Meeting with the head of the Divac Foundation and government adviser in Serbia for humanitarian issues. Visit to flood affected town of Obrenovac, Visit to the Memorial Plaque for Canadian WWI Medical Missions at the Serbian Medical Association Building. Visit to the Belgrade Waterfront and meeting with Dr. Siniša Mali, Mayor of Belgrade. Working dinner with the Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs of Serbia, bilateral meeting with the Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs of Serbia. Meeting with the President of Serbia, meeting with the Prime Minister of Serbia. Signing Ceremony for the Foreign Investment Protection Agreement with the Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Trade, Tourism and Telecommunications of Serbia. Working Lunch with the Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Trade, Tourism and Telecommunications of Serbia. Meeting with and visit to Dominion Voting Systems, Inauguration of the CANSEE-Canadian Serbian Business Association. Travel to Tirana Albania, Bilateral meeting with the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Albania, working Lunch Meeting with the Prime Minister of Albania, meeting with the Speaker of Parliament of Albania, Meeting with the President of Albania, media interview with Shqip Newspaper, working reception with Canadian investors and businesses in Albania. Travel to Baghdad Iraq, meeting with the President of Iraq, meeting with the Speaker of the Iraqi Parliament, meeting with the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Iraq. Travel to Erbil Iraq, Briefing with Pershmerga commanders and visit to command post, meeting with the President of the KRG. Meeting with the Chief of Staff of the Prime Minister of the KRG, bilateral meeting with the Head of the KRG department of Foreign Relations. Visit to an IDP camp, meeting with Christian and Yezidi leaders.”

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“Meetings with: Mr. Regis Labeaume, Mayor of the City of Quebec; roundtable with Laval University International Relations academics. Media interviews.”

“(London, ON): Meeting with the London Free Press Editorial Board – Greg Vanmoorsel and Hank Daniszewski. Keynote address on Canada’s Role in the World hosted by the London Chamber of Commerce, with media availability. Radio interview with CBC’s The House. Inteview with Magazine Latino of London, ON. (Brampton, ON): Visit to the Coptic Church of Archangel Michael. Roundtable meeting hosted by Member of Parliament Parm Gill.”

“Travel to London, United Kingdom (Bilateral Meetings) (CEFM Conference); Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia (Bilateral Meetings); Tokyo, Japan (Bilateral Meetings); Beijing, China (Bilateral Meetings); Dili, East Timor (Bilateral Meetings); Singapore (Bilateral Meetings) (International Institute for Strategic Studies Forum); Jakarta, Indonesia (Bilateral Meetings); Hong Kong (Bilateral Meetings) (Opening of new Canadian Chancery and Vin d’honneur); Guangzhou, China (Bilateral Meetings); Yangon, Burma (Bilateral Meetings) (Opening of new Canadian Chancery); Nay Pyi Taw, Burma (ASEAN Ministerial Conference); Meeting with Mark Carney, Governor of the Bank of England; Meeting with The Right Honourable Alistair Burt, MP for North East Bedfordshire; Meeting with HE William Hague, House Leader of the Government; Announcement with Mr. David Gauke, Financial Secretary to the Treasury of the UK; Meeting with HRG Princess Mabel of Orange-Nassau; Attended reception hosted by Justine Greening, Secretary of State for International Development for the United Kingdom; Attendance at the Child Early and Forced Marriage Summit hosted by PM Cameron of the United Kingdom; Toronto Star Interview; Meeting with Mr. Babatunde Osotimihin, Executive Director of the UN Population Fund; Meeting with Dr. Mistapha Sidiki Kaloko, African Union Commissioner of Social Affairs; Reception with Private Sector in Ulaanbaatar; Meeting, announcement, luncheon, and dinner with HE Luvsanvadan Bold, Minister of Foreign Affairs for Mongolia; Meeting with HE Norovyn Altankhuyag, Prime Minister of Mongolia; Attendance at Mini-Naadam Games and Ceremony; Call with HE Tsakhiagiin Elbegdorj, President of Mongolia; Tour of Tokyo Gas Sodegaura Liquid Natural Gas Plant Mr. Shin Yamagami Senior Executive Officer, Chief Executive of Energy Production Division; CBC’s “The House”; Interview with The Globe and Mail; Dinner at Canadian Embassy of Japan hosted by Manulife; Meeting with Mr. Mackenzie Clugston, Ambassador of Canada to Japan; Meeting with HE Yoshihide Suga, Chief Cabinet Secretary; Media availability and luncheon hosted by HE Fumio Kishida, Foreign Minister of Japan; Meeting and Address to the Keidanren Business Federation; Interview with Nikkei Shinburn; Meeting, luncheon, and media availability with HE Wang Yi Foreign Minister of China; Visit of the Palace Museum; Meeting with Xanana Gusmo, Prime Minister of Timor Leste; Meeting and luncheon with HE Jose Luis Guterres, Minister of Foreign Affairs and Cooperation of Timor Leste; Meeting with Mr. Robert Pickard, Chairman (Asia Pacific), the Huntsworth Group; Roundtable with Private Sector representatives in Singapore; Speech at the International Institute for Strategic Studies Fullerton Forum; Meeting with Dr. Tim Huxley, Executive Director, International Institute of Strategic Studies; Call with HE Teo Chee Hean, Deputy PM and Coordinating Minister for National Security and Minister for Home Affairs; Meeting and luncheon with HE Kasiviswanathan Shanmugam Foreign Minister of Singapore; Meeting with Wayne Farmer, President of the Canada-ASEAN Business Council; Call with HE Joki Widodo, President Elect of Indonesia; Reception with Private Sector representatives of Singapore; Meeting with HE Le Huong Minh Secretary General of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations; Bilateral consultative forum and luncheon with Marty Natalegawa, Foreign Minister of Indonesia; Meeting with Mr. William Doo Chairman of FSE Holdings Limited & Deputy Chairman of NWS Holdings Limited & Mr. William Doo Junior Assistant to the Chairman & Director & Member of Corporate Social Responsibility, NWS Holdings; Meeting with Mr. Lei Zhing Chairman and CEO of Hillhouse Capital; Roundtable with Canadian Chamber of Commerce Board of Governors; Opening of New Chancers and Vin d’honneur in Hong Kong; Investment Roundtable in Guangzhou; Meeting with Mr. Hu Chunhua, Party Secretary for Guangdong Province; Meeting with Mrs. Aung San Suu Kyi, Chairperson and General Secretary of the National League for Democracy Opening of new Canadian Chancery in Yangon; Reception with Private Sector and Civil Society in Yangon, co-hosted by Building Markets Canada; Visit to the Shwedagon Pagoda; Meeting with HE Yun Byung-Se, Foreign Minister of Korea; Attendance at ASEAN Post Ministerial Conference; Attendance at Official Dinner hosted by HE Wunna Maung Lwin, Foreign Minister of Burma.”

“Travel to Calgary, AB; Vancouver, BC; and Toronto, ON: (Calgary) Hosted HH Sheikh Abdullah bin Zayed al Nahyan, Foreign Minister of the United Arab Emirates, as well as the business and political delegation accompanying the Foreign Minister - Meetings with Valley Hay Cattle Company (Hosted by Hon. Rona Ambrose and Bob Seaman; Alberta Minister of International and Intergovernmental Relations; Rob Meijer, Canada Beef Inc.; John Van Hierden, President of Green Prarie International; Dave Plett, President and CEO of Western Feedlots; Michael Raymont, Managing Partner of AVAC; Gordon Bacon, CEO Canada Pulse). ATCO (Nancy Southern, President and CEO; Brian Hahn, President of ATCO Pipelines, and other officials from ATCO). TAQA North (Ed LaFehr, COO; Saeed Mubarak Al-Hajeri, Chairman). Energy Security and Business Dialogue (Hosted by TAQA; including Dan Themig, President and CEO of Packers Plus Energy Services; Sandra Leblanc, Canada-Arab Business Council; Russ Girling, TransCanada; Dr. Elizabeth Cannon, President of the University of Calgary; Dr. David Ross, President and CEO of SAIT Polytechnic; Jason Montemurro, Kern Partners; Terrance Ivers, SNC-Lavalin; Jeffrey Steiner, New Franchise Media Inc.; Amit Mehra, Nexen; Christopher Brown, Canaccord Genuity. Visit to the Calgary Stampede, hosted by TAQA North. Met with Bob Thompson, President and Chairman of the Calgary Stampede; Minister Richard Starke, Alberta Minister of Tourism, Parks and Recreation; and Mr. Jim Prentice. (Vancouver) Roundtable Meeting hosted by John Weston, MP for West Vancouver-Sunshine Coast-Sea to Sky Country, with members of the Iranian and Persian community; Luncheon hosted by MP Weston on foreign affairs and economic issues. Continuation of visit of HH Sheikh Abdullah and delegation. Attended Engagement Dialogue on Liquid Natural Gas (Hosted by Hon. Ed Fast; Colin Hansen, Advantage BC; Madeleine Whitaker, BGCanada; Dan Woznow, Altagas; Christopher Duggan, RBC; Tracey Orr, TD Securities; Rob Whitwham, Spectra Energy. (Toronto) Meeting with Canada-UAE Business Council. Attended opening ceremony of new UAE Consulate General. Formal bilateral meeting with HH Sheikh Abdullah, followed by press conference. Co-hosted with Janice Stein of the Munk School of Global Affairs a roundtable on international security. Co-hosted Business roundtable and discussion with investment community (Danny Deep, GDLS Canada; Robert Bieler, SNC Lavalin; Michael Smith, Ellis Don; Kerry Adler, SkyPower Global; Jamie Wright, IBI Group; Carl Clayton, Stantec; Dan McAlister, B+H Architects, Ehren Cory, Infrastructure Ontario; Jeffrey Graham, BLG LLP; Robert Faissal, OzzClean Energy. Spoke at Commonwealth Leaders Conference at Massey College. Meeting with Paul Grod, President of the Ukrainian Canadian Congress. Attended Cultural Community Roundtable hosted by Wladyslaw Lizon, MP for Mississauga East-Cooksville. Media interviews with Canadian Jewish News, CP24 with Stephen LeDrew; New Pathway; Live Drive on Newstalk 1010.”

“Visit to Brussels, Belgium (NATO Foreign Ministers Meeting); Helsinki, Finland (Bilateral meeting); Stockholm, Sweden (Bilateral meeting). (Brussels): Working dinner of NATO Foreign Ministers. Meeting of the North Atlantic Council. Meeting of the NATO-Ukraine Commission. Bilateral meetings with: HE Pavlo Klimkin, Foreign Minister of Ukraine; HE Federica Mogherini, Foreign Minister of Italy. (Helsinki): Meet and greet with Canadian Embassy staff. Meeting on Russia with the Alexanteri Institute and the Finnish Institute of International Affairs. Bilateral meeting and working lunch with HE Erkki Tuomioja, Foreign Minister of Finland. Meeting with HE Sauli Niinisto, President of Finland. Joint media availability with Foreign Ministers. (Stockholm): Meeting with Bombardier Transport in Sweden. Meet and greet with Canadian Embassy staff. Meeting with Mr. Hans Vestberg, CEO of Ericsson. Media callbacks. Meeting with HE Ewa Bjorling, Minister of Trade of Sweden. Visit and meetingwith the Karolinska Institute. Bilateral meeting and working dinner with HE Carl Bildt, Foreign Minister of Sweden.”

“Meetings with: HE Maria Angela Holguin, Minister of Foreign Affairs of Colombia; HE Tim Groser, Minister of Trade of New Zealand. Attended and spoke at meeting of Ministers of Foreign Affairs of the Pacific Alliance and Observers. Working dinner hosted by HE President Enrique Pena Nieto of Mexico. Phone call with HE Pavlo Klimkin, new Foreign Minister of Ukraine.”

“Travel to New York City: Meeting with Consul General John Prato. Gave remarks and attended Goldman Sachs North American Energy Summit with Ministers Joe Oliver and Greg Rickford. London: Attended Preventing Sexual Violence in Conflict Summit hosted by UK Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs HE William Hague. Chaired and spoke at Ministerial Dialogue Session on improving international & national action to address accountability on sexual violence in conflict. Attended and spoke at Foreign Ministerial Meeting on Nigeria along with foreign ministers of the United Kingdom, Nigeria, Cameroon, Niger, France, African Union, Chad, Benin, United States and the European Union. Bilateral meetings with HE Zlatko Lagumdzija, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs of Bosnia and Herzegovina; HE Igor Luksic, Deputy Prime Minister, Minister of Foreign Affairs and European Integration of Montenegro; HE Riad al-Malki, Foreign Minister of the Palestinian Authority.”

“Travel to Toronto, event with Cardinal Collins, attendance and speech at Real Action for Women and Children's Health. Travel to Buenos Aires Argentina, memorial visit to the Museum for Memory and human rights at the former Escuela Mecanica de la Armada. Meeting with the Speaker of the Chamber of Deputies; wreath laying ceremony at the Argentine Israelite Mutual Association. Meeting with Embassy of Canada staff; bilateral meeting and working lunch with the Minister of Foreign Affairs. Roundtable meeting with key members of the Canada – Argentine Business association, working reception with key Argentine – Canadian community leaders. Travel to Asuncion Paraguay, meeting with Canada’s Ambassador as Permanent Representative of Canada to the Organization of American States. Breakfast meeting with the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Chile; bilateral meeting with the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Paraguay; bilateral meeting with the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Mexico. Expanded meeting and Inaugural session with leaders and Heads of Delegations represented at the Organization of American States. Participation and delivery of Canada’s statement at the Second Plenary Session of the Organization of American States; working lunch with the Secretary General of the Organization of American States and Heads of Delegations. Expanded meeting with the Heads of Delegation at the Organization of American States; bilateral meeting with the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Venezuela; bilateral meeting with the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Panama. Interview with the Ultima Hora newspaper; Working reception with the Heads of Delegation and the Secretary General of the Organization of American States. Travel to Santa Cruz Bolivia; bilateral meeting with the President of Bolivia; meeting with the Minister of the Presidency of Bolivia; bilateral meeting and working luncheon with the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Bolivia. Travel to La Paz Bolivia, meeting with Embassy of Canada staff; meeting with members of the Indigenous community of LaPaz Bolivia. Travel to Quito Ecuador; expanded breakfast meeting with the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Ecuador and Vice Minister of Foreign Affairs of Ecuador. Witnessing of signatories to the Education agreement between Canadian and Ecuadorian Post-Secondary Educational Institutions. Bilateral Meeting with the Mayor of Quito; expanded meeting with key members of the Ecuadorian- Canadian business community; Interview with the El Comercio newspaper; meeting with the President of the Quito International airport. Working Dinner United Nations International Peace Institute in New York.”

“Travel to Washington DC. Gave keynote address at the American Jewish Congress Closing Plenary. Meeting with AJC Executive Director David Harris. Meeting with the Hon. Madeleine Albright, Former US Secretary of State. Meetings with: Senator Amy Klobuchar (D-MN); Senator John Hoeven (R-ND).”

“Travel to Washington DC. Meetings with: non-resident ambassadors to Canada based in Washington, D.C. Roundtable on Russia with Leon Aron, Director of Russian Studies, American Enterprise Institute; Ariel Cohen, Senior Research Fellow in Russian and Eurasian Studies and International Energy Policy, Heritage Foundation; Bruce Parrott, Director, Russian and Eurasian Studies Program, Johns Hopkins School of Advanced and International Studies (SAIS); Andrew Kuchins, Director, Russia and Eurasia Program, Centre for Strategic and International Studies; Matthew Rojansky, Director, Kennan Institute for Advanced Russian Studies, Woodrow Wilson International Centre for Scholars; Andrew Weiss, Vice President for Studies, Russia and Eurasia Program, Carnegie Endowment for International Peace; Steven Nix, Regional Director, Eurasia, International Republican Institute; Kurt Volker, Executive Director, McCain Institute for International Leadership, Arizona State University. Meeting with Members of the National Capital Planning Commission, joined by Dr. Mark Kristmanson of the NCC. Meeting with Aaron David Miller, Distinguished Scholar Middle East Program of the Woodrow Wilson Centre.”

“Travel to Cairo and Sinai Desert, Egypt; Muscat, Oman; Prague, Czech Republic; Bratislava, Slovakia; Warsaw, Krakow and Oswiecim, Poland; Riga, Latvia; Tallinn, Estonia. (Egypt): Meetings with HE Sultan Al Jaber, Minister of State of the United Arab Emirates and Head of the Egypt Task Force; HE Nabil al-Arabi, Secretary General of the League of Arab States; His Grace Bishop Moussa; HE Nabil Fahmy, Minister of Foreign Affairs. Press conference with Minister Fahmy. Visited North Camp of Multinational Force Observer; tour of the south edge of the no-fly zone. Brief meeting with MFO soldiers from Canada, Fiji and Colombia. Media callbacks. (Oman): Reception with Canadian and Omani business and resident community. Meetings with HE Yusuf bin Alawi bin Abdullah, Minister Responsible for Foreign Affairs; HH Sayyid Fahd bin Mahmoud Al Said, Deputy Prime Minister; Sheikh Khalid Al Ma’awali, President of the Consultative Assembly and Dr. Yahya bin Mahfoudh al-Manthri, Chair of the State Council; roundtable with female members of the State Council; HE Sayyid Badr bin Saud al Busaidi, Minister of Defence. (Prague): Meetings with Mr. Vaclav Klaus, former President of the Czech Republic; HE Lubomir Zaoralek, Foreign Minister; HE Bohuslav Sobotka, Prime Minister. Press conference with Minister Zaoralek. Meet and greet with Canadian Embassy staff. Reception and Official Opening of new Canadian chancery. (Slovakia): Meeting and press conference with HE Miroslav Lajcak, Foreign Minister. Roundtable on Russia and Ukraine hosted by Central European Policy Institute. Inaugurated new Canadian auto parts plant in Svaty Jur, Slovakia. (Krakow): Tour of Wawel Castle, whose treasures Canada safeguarded in World War II and meeting with Professor Marcin Fabianski. Laid flowers at the tomb of former President Lech Kaczynski and Maria Kaczynski. (Oswiecim): Meeting with Mr. Piotr Cywinski, Director of the Auschwitz-Birkenau Museum. Visit to Auschwitz I Extermination Camp and laid flowers at the Death Wall. Visit to Birkenau Extermination Camp (Auschwitz II) and laid wreath at international monument. (Warsaw): Meetings with HE Radowslaw Sikorski, Minister of Foreign Affairs, and joint media availability. Meeting with Solidarity Fund PL and European Endowment for Democracy and other NGOs. Meeting with Holocaust survivors and participants in the March of the Living. Reception with Canadian and Polish members of the business community. Meet and greet with Canadian embassy staff. Interviews with Macleans and Rzeczpospolita. (Latvia): Meeting with HE Edgars Rinkevics, Minister of Foreign Affairs and joint media availability. Visit to the Museum of the Occupation. Media callbacks. Working dinner with Minister Rinkevics and Canadian and Latvian delegation members. Working breakfast with HE Andris Berzins, President of Latvia. Participated in tree-planting ceremony with President Berzins. Meeting with HE Raimonds Vejonis, Minister of Defence. Visit to the site of the Riga Jewish Ghetto, the Great Choral Synagogue memorial and the Rumbula Forest Memorial. (Estonia): Reception with members of Canadian and Estonian business community. Meet and greet with staff of the Embassy Office. Attended Freedom Online Conference. Meeting with HE Urmas Paet, Foreign Minister; HE Toomas Hendrik Ilves, President. Media callbacks.”

“Travel to Bucharest, Romania; Chisinau, Moldova; Brussels, Belgium. (Bucharest): Meeting and Joint Press Conference with HE Titus Corlatean, Foreign Minister of Romania. (Chisinau): Meetings with HE Igor Corman, President of the Moldovan Parliament; HE Iurie Leanca, Prime Minister; HE Eugen Carpov, Deputy Prime Minister; HE Natalia Gherman, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs and EU Integration; HE Nicolae Timofti, President; working lunch with Ministers Gherman, Corlatean and Prime Minister Leanca. Media interviews. (Brussels): Bilateral meeting with HE Didier Reynders, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs of Belgium. Signing of double taxation agreement with Minister Reynders. Attended International Conference on the Prevention of Genocide. Attended NATO Foreign Ministers meeting, including meeting of the NATO-Ukraine Commission. Bilateral meeting with HE Radoslaw Sikorski, Foreign Minister of Poland. Media interviews.”

“Visit with the Prime Minister to Kyiv, Ukraine and The Hague, The Netherlands. (Kyiv): Meeting with HE Arseniy Yatseniuk, Prime Minister of Ukraine and members of Cabinet along with members of Canadian delegation; Meeting with HE Oleksandr Turchynov, President of Ukraine and members of Cabinet. Wreath-laying on Hrushevsky Street to honour those killed in protests and violence. Private meeting with the Prime Minister, and Minister MacKay. Meet and greet with Canadian Embassy staff. (The Hague): Working lunch with HE Mark Rutte, Prime Minister of The Netherlands and HE Lilianne Ploumen, Minister of Trade and Development; media interview with Global News. Bilateral meetings with HE Jose Manuel Barosso, President of the European Commission and HE Herman van Rompuy, President of the European Council; HE William Hague, UK Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs; HE Yuval Steinitz, Minister of Intelligence of Israel; HE Radek Sikorski, Minister of Foreign Affairs of Poland. Attended plenary sessions of the Nuclear Security Summit. Attended G7 leaders meeting. Attended working dinner of the Nuclear Security Summit hosted by HM King Willem-Alexander of The Netherlands. Various media interviews.”

“Meeting with Dr. Bob Bell and Dr. Nizar Mahomed, University Health Network International. Media interviews with George Stromboulopolous of CBC; Ezra Levant of Sun News.”

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“Bilateral Meeting with HE Dr Anibal Cavaco Silva, President of Portugal; HE Rui Machete, Minister of State and Foreign Affairs of Portugal. Attended via teleconference Cabinet meeting on situation in Ukraine. Meeting with the PDAC Board of Directors. Briefing with departmental officials in advance of PDAC meetings. Speech at PDAC media reception. Press conference. Media callbacks and interviews with Newstalk 1010, 1310 News, 580 CFRA, CTV PowerPlay, CBC Power and Politics, Channel CP24, . Meetings with Kinross; Goldcorp; and Centerra.”

“Meetings with: members of Canadian Delegation to Ukraine. Briefing with HE Troy Lulashnyk, Canadian Ambassador to Ukraine. Paid respects to those killed and injured in the Maidan. Visit to St. Michael’s Monastery Hospital. Meetings with HE Arseniy Yatseniuk, Prime Minister; HE Oleksandr Turchynov, acting President and Speaker of the Verkhovna Rada; Mr. Anatoliy Hrtysenko, former Minister of Defence; Ms. Yulia Tymoshenko, former Prime Minister; Mr. Mustapha Dzhemilev, Crimean Tatar MP. Roundtable with thirteen Maidan Civil Society leaders. Meeting with Mr. Vitaliy Klitschko; Mr. Oleh Tyahnybok and Mr. Petro Poroshenko, opposition leaders. Interview with Ms. Natalka Humenyuk of Hromadske TV. Press conference and media call backs.”

“Bilateral visit to New Zealand and Australia. Meetings: (Auckland, NZ): Auckland War Memorial; reception with key business leaders from Canada-New Zealand Business Association. (Wellington, NZ:) visit to National War Memorial and wreath-laying; Meet and greet with Canadian High Commission Staff. Meetings with HE Hon. John Key, Prime Minister of New Zealand; HE Hon. Murray McCully, Foreign Minister; Hon. Tony Ryall, Minister of Health; Hon. Tim Groser, Minister of Trade; Hon. Simon Bridges, Minister of Energy and Resources; Mr David Shearer, Hon. Phil Goff and Hon. Maryan Street, Opposition spokespersons for Foreign Affairs and Defence; working dinner with Min. McCully. Attended Question Period and introduced to the House of Representatives.. Media interviews. (Sydney, Australia): Meet and greet with Consulate-General staff. Meeting with the Hon. John Howard, former Prime Minister of Australia. Reception hosted by Consulate-General with Canadian and Australian business leaders. Media callbacks. Working lunch with Hon. Bob Carr, former Foreign Minister. (Canberra, Australia): Meet and greet with staff at the Canadian High Commission. Working lunch with HE Hon. Julie Bishop, Foreign Minister of Australia. Meeting with Hon. Tanya Plibersek, Deputy Leader of the Opposition and Foreign critic. Visit to the Australian War Memorial. (Melbourne, Australia): Bilateral meeting with HE Hon. Tony Abbott, Prime Minister of Australia, HE Joe Hockey, Treasurer of Australia, and Hon. Jim Flaherty, Canadian Minister of Finance. Media interview with Mr. Greg Sheridan, Foreign Editor of The Australian. Attended the Canada-Australia Business Council annual meeting and made joint remarks along with Foreign Minister Bishop. Meeting with Mr. Stefan Romaniw, Secretary General of the Ukrainian World Congress. Met individually with several Australian and New Zealand businesses that invest in Canada.”

“To attend meetings with: the Rt. Hon Baroness S. Warsi, Minister of State and Minister for Faith and Communities; the Rt. Hon. William Hague, Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs and HE Howard Drake, High Commissioner of the United Kingdom to Canada; Ms. Ertherin Cousin, Executive Director of the World Food Program; HE Dr. Tedros Adhanom; Foreign Minister of Ethiopia; the Rt. Hon. Hugh Robertson, Parliamentary Undersecretary of State; HRH The Prince of Wales; Mr. Maziar Bahari; Mabel van Oranje, Chair of Girls Not Brides; Rt. Hon. Alistair Burt, MP. Dinner meeting with Rt. Hon. Gregory Barker, Minister of State for Energy and Climate Change.”

“Travel to Palo Alto, USA for meetings at Stanford University with former US Secretary of State George Shultz and former US Secretary of Defence William Perry. Participated in roundtable discussion with Hoover Fellows at Stanford University. Meeting with Google - Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer Patrick Pichette; Vice President Eric Grosse; and Head of Public Policy Canada Colin McKay. Visit to Twitter Headquarters and roundtable discussion with CEO Dick Costolo; General Counsel Vijaya Gadde; Legal Counsel Ben Lee; Senior Director Del Harvey; Cam Walker; Eugene Ti and Chris Albinson. Visit to Oakland California. Meeting with the Hon. Jerry Brown, Governor of the State of California. Reception with Canadian Business Leaders hosted by Canadian Consulate in San Francisco. Travel to Los Angeles, USA. Meetings with: Mr. James Villeneuve, Consul General of Canada to Los Angeles; Hon. Ed Royce, Chairman of the US House of Representatives Foreign Affairs Committee. Spoke at AIPAC Annual Los Angeles Dinner”

“Taping of the Agenda with Steve Paikin; media interview with Ukrainian TV; meeting with Robert Deluce of Porter Airlines; meeting with Galen Weston Jr. and Bob Chant of Loblaws; roundtable meeting with the Ukrainian Canadian Congress and members of the community.”

“Attended events as part of Prime Minister Harper’s visit to Israel and the Palestinian Authority, including joint meeting with HE Benjamin Netanyahu, Prime Minister of Israel; HE Mahmoud Abbas, President of the Palestinian Authority; visit to the Church of the Nativity; Prime Minister Harper’s address to the Knesset. Meetings with HE Riad Malki, Foreign Minister of the Palestinian Authority; HE Ziad Abu Amr, Deputy Prime Minister (Political Affairs) of the Palestinian Authority; HE Yuval Steinitz, Minister of Intelligence, International Relations and Strategic Affairs of Israel; HE Avigdor Lieberman, Foreign Minister of Israel; Isaac Molcho, Israeli Negotiator for the Peace Process; Michael Oren, Professor, IDC Herzliya, Attended the International Conference on Syria in Montreux, Switzerland. Bilateral meeting with HE Holger K. Nielsen, Foreign Minister of Denmark. Attended World Economic Forum, including: High Level Nutrition Breakfast Session; bilateral meeting with HE Nabil Fahmy, Foreign Minister of Egypt; the Rt Hon Gordon Brown, UN Special Envoy for Global Education; Investing in Girl Empowerment lunch with UN Secretary General Ban Ki-Moon; panellist in a session on Arctic issues; participated at event hosted by Center for Global Health and Diplomacy; bilateral meeting with Peter Maurer, President of the International Committee of the Red Cross; bilateral meeting with Baroness Valerie Amos, Under-Secretary General for Humanitarian Affairs and Emergency Relief Coordinator for the United Nations; co-hosted with Minister Ed Fast a Canadian Business Leaders Roundtable; co-hosted with Minister Fast and Ambassador Jennifer MacIntyre the official Canadian reception; bilateral meeting with Hon. Eric Cantor, US House of Representatives Majority Leader; met with Israeli and Palestinian members of the Breaking the Impasse Initiative; meeting with Canada’s Ambassador to the UN in Geneva Elissa Golberg; panellist on session on Digital Diplomacy; bilateral meeting with HE Laurent Lamothe, Prime Minister of Haiti; meeting with Mark Wiseman, President and CEO of the CPP Investment Board; meeting with Robert Greenhill of the World Economic Forum; Meeting with Helen Clark, Administrator of the United Nations Development Program; meeting with Kenneth Roth, Executive Director of Human Rights Watch. Bilateral visit to Vaduz, Liechtenstein and meetings with HE Aurelia Frick, Foreign Minister; HE Adrian Hasler, Prime Minister; and HSH Prince Alois of Liechtenstein.”

“Travel to Washington, D.C., for the North American Foreign Ministers Meeting with US Secretary of State HE John Kerry and Mexican Secretary of Foreign Affairs HE Jose Antonio Meade. Additional meetings with: Secretary Kerry; Susan Rice, US National Security Advisor; Paula Dobriansky, Senior Fellow, Harvard University; Michael Froman, US Trade Representative; Senator Lisa Murkowski; Senator Bob Corker; Senator Heidi Heitkamp; Senator Mary Landrieu; Congressman Eliot Engel; Senator John Hoeven; Senator John Barrasso; former US Ambassador to Canada David Wilkins; Congressman Paul Ryan; Senator Robert Menendez; Ambassador of Israel to the US HE Ron Dermer; Hosted reception at Canadian Embassy with Members of various Senate and House committees. Gave keynote luncheon address to the US Chamber of Commerce. Conducted media interviews.”

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“Foreign Affairs and Government issues”

“Attended working dinner hosted by the International Peace Institute. Bilateral meetings with Foreign Minister of Norway, HE Borge Brende. Meetings at the Canadian Mission to the United Nations with Canadian Ambassador HE Guillermo Rischynski. Attended Canadian Mission Christmas meet and greet reception.”

“Ukraine – Meeting with civil society on democratic development; reception hosted by the Canadian Embassy with Canadian business representatives, civil society, religious and political leaders; meeting with HE Leonid Kozhara, Foreign Minister of Ukraine; meeting with leaders of the opposition; media calls; attended OSCE Ministerial Council meetings. Bilateral meeting with HE Ivan Mrkic, Foreign Minister of Serbia; HE Ze’ev Elkin, Deputy Foreign Minister of Israel; HE Erlan Abdyldaev, Foreign Minister of the Kyrgyz Republic; HE Titus Corlatean, Foreign Minister of Romania. Visited the Memorial to the Victims of the Holodomor. Visited the Maidan and spoke with Ukrainians concerned about the future of their country. Bahrain – Bilateral meeting with Sheikh Khalid Bin Ahmed Bin Mohamed Al Khalifa, Foreign Minister of Bahrain; Attended and spoke at the Manama Dialogue, Bilateral meeting with HRH Prince Salman Bin Hamad bin Isa Al Khalifa, Crown Prince of Bahrain; Bilateral meeting with Dr. Abdullatif bin Rashad al Zayani, Secretary General of the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC); bilateral meeting with HR Dr. Abu-Bakr Abdullah Al-Qirbi, Foreign Minister of Yemen.”

“Travel to Toronto to be Master of Ceremonies and Emcee the JNF Fundraising dinner, meet with the Holocaust Monument Advisory Panel, speak to students at the University of Toronto”

“Attend the Halifax International Security Forum”

“Kazakhstan – Meeting with HE Nursultan Nazarbayev, President of Kazakhstan; meeting with HE Erlan Idrissov, Foreign Minister of Kazakhstan; meeting with the Speaker of the Lower House of the Kazakh Parliament, Nurlan Nigmitulan. Meeting with Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Industry HE Asset Issekeshev; Minister of Economic Integration HE Zhanar Aitzhanova, and KazAtomProm Vladimir Shkolnik. Signing of Canada-Kazakhstan Nuclear Cooperation Agreement with Minister Issekeshev. Media interviews. Meet and greet at Canadian Embassy of staff. Reception with members of the Canadian business and cultural community, along with key members of government and religious communities. United Arab Emirates – Meeting with Crown Prince of Abu Dhabi HH Mohammed bin Zayed bin Sultan Al Nahyan and Foreign Minister of the UAE HH Abdullah bin Zayed bin Sultan Al Nahyan. Media interviews. Working Dinner. Attended the fourth annual Sir Bani Yas Forum. Attended reception with members of the Canadian Armed Forces and with Dubai’s Canadian/UAE business and cultural community aboard HMCS Toronto.”

“To attend the John Diefenbaker Defender of Human Rights Award”

“Travel to Indonesia, Malaysia, China & Laos October 2013 Travel to Indonesia for the annual Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation Ministerial Meetings. Bilateral meeting with the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Indonesia; Bilateral meeting with the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Australia; Bilateral meeting with the Minister of Foreign Affairs of New Zealand; Bilateral Meeting with the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Mongolia; Bilateral meeting with United States Secretary of State. Travel to Kuala Lumpur to participate in the official visit of Prime Minister Harper. Meeting with Private sector and non – governmental organizations; meeting with the CEO of Petronas gas; meeting with the Prime Minister of Malaysia. Travel to Chengdu; bilateral meeting with the Vice Governor of Sichuan province; visit to the Chengdu research base of giant panda breeding. Travel to Chongqing; one on one meeting with Chongqing Party Secretary; expanded bilateral meeting with Chongqing Party Secretary. Travel to Shanghai; meeting with Shanghai Think Tanks on the Future of Asia; visit to the Shanghai tower in conjunction with, Rowan Williams Davies and Irwin Inc. (RWDI) a Canadian firm of consulting engineers and scientists; expanded meeting with Canadian business leaders; visit to the China museum or Art; meeting with the president of the Fosun Capital Group. Travel to Laos; bilateral meeting with the President of Laos; one on one meeting with the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Laos; Expanded bilateral meeting with the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Laos; Working dinner with the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Laos; expanded meeting with Canadian Businesses and non – governmental organizations; visit to, and announcement of support to the Cooperative Orthotic and Prosthetic Enterprise Centre. Travel to Beijing; bilateral meeting with the Executive Vice Minister of Foreign Affairs of China; meeting with the board of directors of the Canada-China Business council; keynote speaker to the Canada-China Business Council’s Annual General Meeting and Policy conference; meeting with the Vice President of Teck Corporation; meeting with the President of Power Pacific Corporation Ltd.; meeting with Québec Minister Jean-François Lisée; meeting with local academic Professor Zhang; meeting with local academic Professor Liu; meeting with representatives from local human rights organizations; visit to the NAC orchestra’s performance at the Beijing Centre for the Performing Arts; participation with the Governor General’s State visit to China; meeting with the Premier of China; meeting with the President of China; participation in the Bombardier commercial announcement; State dinner with the President and Premier of China.”

“Travelled from the United Nations General Assembly to Montreal to attend the 38th Session of the International Civil Aviation Organization Assembly with Transport Minister Lisa Raitt, ICAO Secretary General Raymong Benjamin, ICAO Council President Roberto Kobeh Gonzalez, Premier of Quebec Pauline Marois. Conducted media interviews. Returned to United Nations General Assembly the same day for the Preventing Sexual Violence Initiative hosted by U.K. Foreign Secretary William Hague.”

“Travel to Toronto: Bilateral meeting and working lunch with HE Salman Khurshid, Foreign Minister of India; community and business roundtable with the Canada-India Business Council, Minister Khurshid, Canadian Ministers, and over 200 invitees including Members of Parliament. Travel to New York for the 68th United Nations General Assembly to give Canada’s Address to the United Nations General Assembly. Received the Eleanor Roosevelt Human Rights Award in recognition of Canada’s principled foreign policy. Conducted individual bilateral meetings with the President of Mongolia, Prime Minister of Israel, Prime Minister of Haiti, the Foreign Ministers of the United Arab Emirates, Peru, Bulgaria, Korea, Libya, Ireland, Finland, Egypt. Met with Ministers Swire and Burt of the United Kingdom. Hosted working lunch with the six Foreign Ministers of the Gulf Cooperation Council (Secretary General of the GCC, Bahrain, Kuwait, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, United Arab Emirates). Attended event hosted by the International Peace Institute. Attended and spoke at side event on Preventing Sexual Violence in Conflict co-hosted by UK Foreign Secretary William Hague and UN SRSG Zainab Bangura. Attended AdHoc Liaison Committee Meeting. Co-hosted and spoke along with the Netherlands and Ghana Canada’s signature event on Early and Forced Marriage – Empowering Girls as Leaders of Tomorrow. Attended and spoke at Commonwealth Foreign Affairs Ministers’ Meeting. Attended and spoke at working lunch on religious freedom hosted by Baroness Warsi of the United Kingdom. Attended and spoke at Commonwealth Ministerial Action Group Meeting. Spoke at UN Watch 20th Anniversary event.”

“Travel to Turkey: meeting with: Vice-President and Editor in Chief of KAOS GL, Ambassador of Canada in Turkey, Canadian Business Community, Minister of Foreign Affairs of Turkey, President of Turkey, Archbishop of Constantinople, New Rome and Ecumenical Patriarch. Travel to Algeria: meeting with: Minister of Foreign Affairs of Algeria, Prime Minister of Algeria, Canadian Business Community and Key Algerian Interlocutors, Embassy staff and presentation of awards to embassy staff.”

“Accompany the Prime Minister to the G20 Summit in St. Petersburg, Russia”

“Etobicoke and Toronto, Ontario: Attended roundtable with the Ukrainian-Canadian community, and celebratory reception with Ukrainian-Canadian stakeholders. Attended 22nd Anniversary of Ukraine Independence Day with thousands in Etobicoke. Conducted media interviews. Hosted roundtable on religious freedom with Muslim and Christian members of the Nigerian-Canadian community (along with the Nigerian High Commissioner, Ambassador Dr. Andrew Bennett, and Parliamentary Secretary Bob Dechert); official announcement of Office of Religious Freedom projects, live radio and television interviews. Meeting with members of the Coptic Christian community in Toronto. Meeting with HE Thomas Cardinal Collins, Archbishop of Toronto regarding international religious freedom. Meetings with private sector representatives. Montreal: conducted media interviews; breakfast meeting with the Young Leaders of Montreal; editorial board with La Presse; roundtable with Coptic Christian community in Montreal. Meeting with George Sabra, President of the Syrian National Council, and post-meeting live press conference. Quebec City: made government announcement, conducted media interviews. Editorial board meeting with Le Soleil. Economic roundtable with Quebec City business leaders. Meeting with Mayor of Quebec City, Regis Labeaume.”

“Travel to Nicaragua, meeting with the Vice President, President and Foreign Minister. Meeting with the Head of the Nicaraguan National Police.Reception with representatives of the Canadian Mining & Renewal Energy Company and meeting with Embassy Staff. Travel to Costa Rica; meeting with the Minister of Foreign Affairs, meeting with the President, reception with Canadian and International Companies. Travel to Colombia; visit to Bogota, Centre for Memory, Peace and Reconciliation, meeting with the Minister of Foreign Affairs, reception with Colombian Government Officials and Canadian business representatives, meeting with Vice President, International Committee of the Red Cross, meeting with Embassy Staff. Travel to Chile; meeting with: the Minister of Foreign Affairs, the President, Embassy Staff, reception with Canadian & Chilean business, Leaders and stakeholders. Travel to Paraguay; meeting withthe President Elect, the Minister of Foreign Affairs and meeting with the President, visit to the Chortitzer Cooperative Distribution Centre. Travel to Uruguay; meeting with the President, reception with representatives and local businesses and Government representatives. Visit to the Museum of Pre-Colombian and Indigenous Art, Exhibition of Canadian Inuit and First Nations Art, meeting with Embassy Staff, meeting with the Minister of Foreign Affairs, and meeting with the Vice President. Travel to Brazil; Opening of the Blackberry Text Centre, meeting with the Vale CEO, Official Opening of the new office of the Consulate General of Canada in Rio, extended meeting on Strategic Partnership Dialogue with the Minister of Foreign Affairs, meeting with the CEO of Brookfield Brazil.”

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“Travel to Hong Kong for stakeholder meetings, presentation of Queen's Diamond Jubilee Medal, and to attend reception. Travel to Bandar Seri Begawan, Brunei to attend ASEAN Regional Forum; to speak on behalf of Canada at the ASEAN-Canada Post-Ministerial Conference meeting; bilateral meetings with Foreign Ministers of Singapore, Turkey, India, Japan, Burma, Brunei, Bangladesh, and Malaysia; attended official dinner with 36 other foreign ministers. Meetings with business representatives in Brunei. Travel to Beijing, China, meetings with business representatives, and breakfast with Canada-China Business Council; bilateral meeting and working lunch with H.E. Wang Yi, Minister of Foreign Affairs of the People’s Republic of China; bilateral meeting with H.E. Yang Jiechi, State Councillor of the People’s Republic of China. Conducted media interviews.”

“Foreign Affairs and Government issues”

“Travel with Prime Minister to London, wreath laying at Tomb of the Unknown Soldier, Business Roundtable, Business dinner, attend Prime Minister speech to both Houses of Parliament, bilateral meetings with Prime Minister and Foreign Secretary, attend military ceremony, meeting with French Prime Minister at Hotel Matigon, meeting with Secretary General of La Francophonie, meeting with Prime Minister at l’Élysée, event with Prime Minister. Meetings with: HE Nasser Judeh, Minister of Foreign Affairs of Jordan; working dinner with HE Minister Judeh, Baroness Catherine Ashton of the European Union, and HE Zalmai Rassoul, Minister of Foreign Affairs of Afghanistan; Visit and tour of Rawabi housing development and meeting with Mr. Bashar Al-Masri, CEO of Massar International; meetings with HE Riyad al-Maliki, Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Palestinian Authority; HE Rami Hamdallah, Prime Minister of the Palestinian Authority; HE Mahmoud Abbas, President of the Palestinian Authority; visit to Canadian Friends of Hebrew University Prize in Excellence reception; meetings with Mr. Gideon Tadmor, Chairman and CEO of Delek Drilling; Ms. Shelly Yachimovich, Leader of the Opposition; media interview with David Horowitz, Times of Israel; meeting with VAdm Paul Bushong, US Security Coordinator and BGen Michael Pearson, Senior Canadian USSC, Operation Proteus; Meeting w HE Yuval Steinitz, Minister of Strategic Affairs, Intelligence and Strategic Relations of the State of Israel; HE Benjamin Netanyahu, Prime Minister of the State of Israel; Mr. Benny Landa, Inventor and Philanthropist, HE Michael Oren, Israeli Ambassador to the United States. Attended Opening Ceremony in Honour of the 90th birthday of HE Shimon Peres, President of the State of Israel. Attended “Tomorrow” conference and appeared on panel with John Chambers, President of Cisco Systems. Meetings with Mr. Stephen Schwartzman, CEO of Blackstone Group; HE Ehud Barak; Centre for Israel and Jewish Affairs. Bilateral meeting with HE Shimon Peres, President of the Stat”

“Travel to Chicago to be Keynote Speaker at the American Israel Public Affairs Committee (AIPAC), meeting with the Senator for Illinois and Senate Majority Whip and media interviews.”

“(Ghana) - Meeting with HE Hanna Tettah, Minister of Foreign Affairs and Regional Cooperation. (Kenya) – Meetings with: Ms. Amina Mohammed, Cabinet Secretary Designate for Foreign Affairs; Dr. Augustine Mahiga, UN Special Representative of the Secretary General for Somalia. Roundtable on sexual minorities. Presented Long Service Awards to staff of Canadian High Commission. Attended reception with Kenyan Business Community. (Tanzania) – Visit to Saint Joseph Mfanyakazi Roman Catholic Church and meeting with Rev. Josaphat L. Lebulu, Archbishop of Arusha; Visit of the Tangire National Park. Attended reception with business representatives; Meeting and signing of Canada-Tanzania FIPPA with HE Bernard Membe, Minister of Foreign Affairs and Int’l Cooperation of Tanzania.”

“Travel to Toronto for speech and conference on Global Dialogue on Iran at the Munk Centre at the University of Toronto, meeting on civil aviation, travel to Winnipeg for meeting with Premier Greg Selinger, meeting with Ron Lemieux, Minister of Intergovernmental Affairs on International Joint Commission water issues, meeting with business community, dinner with other community leaders.”

“Travel to Montreal for reception at International Civil Aviation Organization, trilateral meeting with Mayor Applebaum and Minister Jean-François Lisée, press conference at Montreal City Hall, meeting with Raymond Benjamin, ICAO Secretary-General, meeting with Roberto Kobeh-Gonzalez, President of the ICAO Council, Stakeholders meeting. Travel to Vancouver for meeting on Yad Vashem Monument with stakeholders and National Chair of the Advisory Board, four media interviews, stakeholder meeting, meeting with Dennis Ross, speech to CIJA Regional Policy Conference.”

“Travel to London with the Prime Minister for the funeral of Margaret Thatcher, other meetings, travel to Luxemburg for event hosted by the International Peace Institute with ten Foreign Ministers and ten Humanitarian Groups, bilateral meeting with Kristalina Georgieva, European Commissioner for International Cooperation, Humanitarian Aid and Crisis Response, travel to Brussels for meeting of the North Atlantic Council Foreign Ministers, meeting of the NATO & Non-NATO International Security Forces in Afghanistan, bilateral meetings with the Netherlands, Georgia, Sweden and Norway. Bilateral meeting with Didier Reynders, Belgian FM, meeting with the Right Honourable Hugo Swire, Minister of State for the Foreign Office, meeting with the Right Honourable Lord Carrington, former Secretary of State of Foreign Affairs, travel to London for meeting of the Commonwealth Ministerial Action Group, trilateral meeting with the Foreign Ministers of the United Kingdom and Australia.”

“Visit to CIDA Project; mtgs with: HM King Abdullah II; HE Nasser Judeh, Min. of Foreign Affairs; Arab Women’s Leadership Initiative; inauguration of new Canadian chancery in Amman; media callbacks. Mtgs with: HE Abdullah bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Min. of Foreign Affairs; Chair of the Abu Dhabi Exec. Authority; HE Sheikh Mohammad bin Zayed al Nahyan, Crown Prince of Abu Dhabi; business reception, mtg w/ Canadian embassy staff and presentation of cards to two retiring employees. Bkfst mtg with business representatives, meetings with: HH Sheikh Hamad Bin Khalifa Al Thani, Emir of Qatar; HE Sheikh Hamad Bin Jassim Bin Jaber Al-Thani, PM and Foreign Minister of Qatar. Mtgs with HRH King Hamad bin Isa Al Khalifa of Bahrain, HE Sheikh Khalid Bin Ahmed Bin Mohamed Al Khalifa, Min. of Foreign Affairs. Mtgs with HE Nicos Anastasiades, Pres. of Cyprus, HE Ioannis Kasoulides, Min. of Foreign Affairs of Cyprus; with CERA, DEFA and KRETYK; wreath laying at the Canadian Peacekeeping Memorial, speech to the Canada-Cyprus Business Association; Mtgs with HE Mahmoud Abbas, Pres. of the Palestinian Authority, HE Salam Fayyad, PM of the Palestinian Authority; HE Riyad al-Maliki, Foreign Minister of the Palestinian Authority; Rt. Hon. Tony Blair, Quartet Representative. Briefing by Israel Defense Forces; attended Holocaust Remembrance Day at Yad Vashem; mtgs with HE Shimon Peres, Pres. of Israel, HE Benjamin Netanyahu, PM of Israel, HE Naftali Bennett, Min. of Economy and Trade, HE Moshe Ya’alon, Min. of Defence; HE Yuval Steinitz, Min. of Strategic Affairs, Intelligence and Strategic Affairs; Mr. Ze’ev Elkin, Deputy Min. of Foreign Affairs; HE Yair Lapid, Min. of Finance, HE Tzipi Livni, Min. of Justice and Chief Negotiator with the Palestinians; Start-Up Nation Institute; Dan Gillerman; Amir Elstein; lunch with Mr. Avigdor Lieberman, MK; reception held by CIJA, media interviews; reception hosted by the Canadian embassy with political, business and expatriate community. Mtgs with HE Fumio Kishida, Min. of Foreign Affairs of Japan; Rt. Hon. Catherine Ashton of the European Union; HE Gordon Campbell, and other meetings at the Canadian High Commission. Attended G8 Foreign Ministers mtg and related events.”

“Keynote speech to the Alberta Enterprise Group in Edmonton; two economic roundtables at the Minister’s Regional Office in Edmonton; Singapore: meeting with the High Commissioner of Canada and staff; with President of the Canada-ASEAN Business Council; with Mr. Lim Boon Heng of Temasek; meeting with representatives of OpenText; bilateral meeting and working lunch with H.E. K. Shanmugan, Minister for Foreign Affairs and Minister of Law for the Republic of Singapore and with senior officials of the Government of Singapore; meeting with Mr. Claude Morin, Scotiabank Singapore; meeting with the Prime Minister of the Republic of Singapore; H.E. Lee Hsien Loong; Vietnam, meeting with the Consul-General of Canada in Ho Chi Minh City; meeting and reception with over 100 Canadian and local business and culture leaders in Ho Chi Minh City; meeting with the High Commissioner of Canada to Vietnam and meet and greet with Canadian and local staff; bilateral meeting and working lunch with H.E. Pham Binh Minh, Minister of Foreign Affairs of Vietnam; attended and spoke at launch event for PVI-SunLife Joint Venture and met with Deputy Prime Minister Vu Van Ninh; meeting with members of various civil society groups active in Vietnam; meeting with H.E. Truong Tan Sang, President of Vietnam; meeting with the Archbishop of Hanoi Fr. Nguyen Van Nhon; in Hong Kong, meetings with members of the business community, keynote speech at the Asia Society of Hong Kong, meet and greet with staff and other invitees at official residence of the Consul General of Canada in Hong Kong; Kamloops, economic roundtable with Cathy McLeod, M.P. and 20 members of the Kamloops business community; attended and spoke at Peace Tower flag raising ceremony for local ANAVETS chapter; Calgary, attended meetings with business community and meeting with the Hon. Ken Hughes, Minister of Energy for the Government of Alberta; Banff, attended and spoke at official funding announcement by the Government of Canada for the Banff Centre and met with President of the Centre”

“Travel to Toronto to attend Prospectors and Developers Association of Canada Conference”

“Travel to Washington to attend and speak at the American Israel Public Affairs Committee, meetings with Spanish, Italian and British Officials, briefings at the Washington Institute, meeting with Senator John McCain, meeting with Senator Tammy Baldwin and meeting with Chairman Bob Menendez.”

“Travel to Mexico City for meetings with the local Business Community, working lunch with Enrique Nieto, President of Mexico, bilateral meeting with H.E. Jose Meade, Secretary of Foreign Relations of Mexico. Travel to Havana, Cuba for a Roundtable with Civil Society groups, meeting with the President of the El Patronato Jewish Community Centre, meeting with Mr. Marino Murillo, Vice President of the Council and Chairman of the Economic Policy Commission, working reception with Canadian Business Representatives, bilateral meeting and working luncheon with Bruno Rodriguez, Minister of Foreign Affairs of Cuba. Travel to Lima, Peru for bilateral meeting with Rafael Roncagliolo, Minister of Foreign Affairs of Peru. Meeting with Ollanta Humala, President of Peru, meeting with Canadian Extractive Sector Representatives. Travel to Panama for bilateral meeting with Romulo Roux, Minister of Foreign Affairs of Panama, bilateral meeting with Juan Carlos, Vice President of Panama, meeting with Regional Canadian Investors. Travel to Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic for bilateral meeting with Jose del Castillo Savinon, Minister of Industry and Commerce of the Dominican Republic and Ms. Yahaira Sosa Machado, Vice Minister of Industry and Commerce, bilater meeting with Gustavo Montalvo, Minister of the Presidency of the Dominican Republic, meeting with Canadian Embassy staff, bilateral meeting with Jose Trullols, Vice Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Dominican Republic, bilateral meeting with Danilo Medina, President of the Republic of the Dominican Republic and Jose Trullos, Acting Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Dominican Republic, meeting with members of the local Business Community. Travel to Haiti for bilateral meeting with Laurent Lamothe, Prime Minister of Haitia and Pierre-Richard Casimir, Minister of Foreign Affairs of Haiti.”

“Visit to Washington for formal bi-lateral with U.S. Secretary of State, press conference and media interviews, environment and energy meeting. Travel to New York for five meetings and speech to AIPAC.”

“Travel to Washington, D.C. for meetings with Ambassador Doer. Meeting with 28 non-resident Foreign Ambassadors to Canada. Dinner with key Canadian and American Stakeholders on issues of importance to both Nations. Co-hosted the Canadian Embassy Inauguration celebration event with Ambassador Doer and 1,500 guests. Met with United States Senators and Congressional Representatives as well as US and Canadian Business Stakeholders at the Inauguration celebration. Travel to London, U.K. for meetings with High Commissioner Campbell, Foreign Secretary the Rt. Hon. William Hague and Under Secretary of State Alistair Burt, members of the Iranian Diaspora and CEO of BP, Robert Dudley. Attended a meeting on Religious Freedom hosted by Minister of State the Baroness Warsi. Travel to Davos, Switzerland to attend the World Economic Forum Annual Meeting and meetings with Girls Not Brides Advisory Committee Chair Mabel Van Oranje; KPMG Chariman Michael Andrew; UN Undersecretary for Humanitarian Affairs Valerie Amos regarding Mali and Syria; CEO of Israel Corp Amir Elstein; roundtable meeting with 15 Canadian businesses; breakfast with Foreign companies looking to invest in Canada; meeting with Duke of York; Ukrainian Foreign Minister Leonid Kozhara; CEO of the Carlyle Group David Rubenstein; Dominic Barton of McKinsey and Company; John Studinski of the Blackstone Group; Australian Foreign Minister Bob Carr, MP; Israeli Minister of Defence Ehud Barak, Kevin Rudd, MP and former Prime Minister and Foreign Minister of Australia; UN Special Envoy and Director of the International Peace Institute Terje Roed Larson; and attended a reception hosted by Canada.”

“Travel to Little Rock, Arkansas to speak at the Clinton Centre on women in Peace & Security, attend meetings and stakholder event in Dallas, Texas, and speech to staff at Canadian Consulate-General in Dallas, Texas”

“Travel to Marrakech, Morocco to attend the Friends of the Syrian People meeting, meet with members of the Syrian Opposition and other meetings. Travel to Tunis, Tunisia to attend the G8 Middle East/North Africa Ministerial meeting, meetings with the President and Prime Minister of Tunisia and other meetings.”

“Travel to New York for the vote on the Palestinian Bid and other meetings”

“Foreign Affairs and Government issues”

“Travel to Abu Dhabi to attend the Third Annual Sir Bani Yas Forum on Peace and Security in the Middle East.”

“Travel to Quebec City to address the 127th Assembly of the Inter-Parliamentary Union.”

“Travel to Boston to be Guest Speaker at the American Israel Public Affairs Committee - National Summit on Foreign Policy and Politics”

“Travel to London for High Commission meetings; in Abuja, tour of the National Church, National Mosque, tour construction of Chancellery, meeting with staff, roundtable with Civil Society, First Meeting of the Canada-Nigeria Bi-National Commission, in Lagos, meeting with staff, Canadian Business meeting, speech and roundtable with Nigerian Industry Leaders, in Vienna, meeting with State Secretary, tour of National Cathedral, meetings and briefings at IAEA, meeting with Austrian Vice Chancellor, tour of Holocaust Monument and Centre, in Paris, meeting with UNESCO, meeting with Syrian Opposition Activists, meeting and Press Conference with French MFA, speech to Canadian Staff, meeting with European Affairs Minister.”

“Travel to New York to attend the United Nations General Assembly”

“Travel to Toronto to attend the official opening of the Munk School of Global Affairs”

“In Vladivostock to attend the APEC Summit, bilateral meetings with: Malaysia, Peru, Mexico and Russia. Accompany Prime Minister to APEC Leaders meetings and attend meetings of the APEC Business Forum. Mumbai guided tour and briefing of Dharavi, visit and briefing of Chabad House terrorist attack site, wreath laying at Mumbai terrorist attack monument, meeting with Prithviraj Chavan, Chief Minister of Maharashtra, Official Opening and meeting with staff at Mumbai Consulate, attend Canada-India Business Roundtable, meeting with the Aditya Biria Group, breifing and tour of Film City. In Delhi, speech to staff at the Canadian High Commission, bilateral meeting and press conference with the Hon. SM Krishna, Minister of External Affiars, meeting with Shri S. Shinde, Minister of Home Affairs, 4 Indian media interviews, roundtable with Confederation of Indian Industry, reception with Education Stakeholders. In Montreal, speech to Conseil des relations internationals de Montréal (CORIM), meetings with Équitas and International Economic Forum of the Americas/Conference of Montreal and other meetings in Montreal.”

“Travel to Toronto to be Guest Speaker at the United Jewish Appeal of Greater Toronto and press conference at the Minister's Regional Office in Toronto.”

“Travel to Toronto to attend the UCC Ukraine event”

“Travel to Vancouver for speech to Vancouver Board of Trade, Press Conference, Reception and two meetings”

“Foreign Affairs and Government issues”

“Travel to Beirut for meeting with the Prime Minister of Lebanon, meeting with Mr. Fouda, Leader of the March 14 Opposition and 5 Lebanese MP's. Travel to Jordan for tour of the Zaatari Refugee Camp, visit to the ICE Border Control, meeting with Nasser Judeh, Jordanian Minister of Foreign Affairs, Press Conference, attend IFTAR dinner, Speech to Canadian Embassy staff, meeting with King Abdullah II. Travel home through Israel and other meetings.”

“Official opening of Highway 69 with the Ontario Government, Airport Improvement Grant Announcement, International Joint Commission Water Quality Announcement, meeting with Lake of the Woods Environmental Stakeholders, meeting with Business Community”

“Attend Ministerial Friends of the Syrian People meeting in Paris, meet with Syrian opposition leaders and relief representatives. In Hong Kong meeting with business community, meeting w new Hong Kong Chief Executive C.Y. Leung, media interviews, speech and awards presentation to Consulate staff, visit and wreath laying at Canadian war cemetery, meeting with potential energy investors. In Cambodia attend Ministerial meeting of the Association of South East Asian nations, Canada-ASEAN Post Ministerial Conference, ASEAN Regional Forum, bilateral meetings with the Cambodia, Pakistan, Vietnam, New Zealand, Singapore, China, Bilateral visit to Brunei Darussalam, meeting with Foreign Minister, attend events honouring the Sultan’s birthday, attend Penyampaian Bintang event, meeting with the Sultan, meeting with the Crown Prince, meeting with Prince Muhammad, business round table, speech and opening of CAE office, meeting with Embassy staff. Manila: Speech and meeting with Embassy staff, tour and Q and A of Canadian Immigration Integration Project, Wreath-laying at the Rizal Monument, meeting with mayor of manila, meeting with President Aquino, meeting with Secretary of Foreign Affairs Del Rosario, Speech to joint session of key business associations, tour and meeting with Gawad Kalinga House Building Project, dinner with stakeholders. China: meeting with Canadian and Chinese Ambassadors, meeting with Mr. Liu Tienan, signing of Canada-China Nuclear Co-operation agreement: Shanghai Consulate official opening meetings at Consulate, meeting on DRAP, evening dinner event. Toronto: Breakfast Mining roundtable, meeting with business leaders, attend & speak at Canada-Australia Business Leaders Forum.”

“Travel to New York to attend the United Nations Counter/Terrorism Strategy Review”

“Travel to Toronto for a meeting with the Foreign Minister of India”

“Travel to Chile for Pacific Alliance meeting, bilateral meeting with Panama, Chile, Costa Rica and Colombia”

“Travel to Chicago to attend the North Atlantic Council meeting with Prime Minister. Bi-lateral meetings with Turkey and New Zealand. Attend the NATO Foreign Minister's Meeting. Attend the NATO-ISAF meeting. Bi-lateral meeting with Austria, Kazakhstan and the Kyrgyz Republic. Travel to Vancouver for Roundtable with Jewish Community, Roundtable with Chinese Community, Roundtable with the Asia-Pacific Foundation and Business Leaders. Speech at the School of Public Policy. Travel to Washington for meetings with United States Senators. Speech to Freedom of Religion Liberty Dinner at the Canadian Embassy.”

“Guest Speaker at 2 Intelligence Company's First Annual Military Mess Dinner”

“Guest Speaker at the American Jewish Congress Global Forum.”

“Travel to London to attend the Commonwealth Ministers' Action Group Meeting. Travel to Berlin for meeting with HE Klaus Wowereit, Premier of Berlin and meeting with Foreign Minister Guido Westerwelle. Meet and greet with Embassy staff. Travel to Brussels for the NATO Joint Ministerial Defence and Foreign Affairs meeting and attend the NATO-Russia Council with Foreign Ministers. Travel to Paris for Foreign Ministers' meeting on the Friends of the people of Syria.”

“Travel to Washington to attend the G8 Foreign Minister's Meeting. Briefings at Embassy. Meeting at World Bank, 2 Press Conferences and attend the Horatio Alger Scholarship Awards.”

“Travel to Washington for the North American Leaders' Meeting. Meeting with United States Secretary of State. Meeting with Deputy National Security Advisor and other meetings.”

“Travel to Istanbul to attend and address the Turkish sponsored "Friends of the Syrian People" Ministerial Forum. Meeting with the Head of the Syrian National Council and senior Members of the Council.”

“Travel to Bangkok to accompany the Prime Minister to the Roundtable with Canadian Business representatives, bilateral meetings with the Prime Minister. Meeting with the Thai Foreign Minister. Roundtable and Reception with Thai business community. Meeting with Bangkok Embassy staff. Bilateral meeting with Japanese Foreign Minister. Attend bilateral meetings with Canadian and Japanese Prime Ministers. Meeting with Tokyo Embassy staff. Attend Seoul Nuclear Security Summit. Visit Demilitarized Zone. Bilateral meetings with Republic of Korea, Ukraine, European Union, Spain and New Zealand. Meeting with Seoul Embassy staff.”

“Travel to Riyadh for meeting with Saudi Minister of Foreign Affairs. Meeting and Speech at Canadian Embassy. Meeting with Saudi Business people. Meeting with Saudi Human Rights Commission. Travel to Jeddah for meetings with Organization for Islamic Co-operation. Travel to Doha for meeting with Minister Qatari Foreign Ministry and official opening of Canadian Embassy.”

“Travel to Nay Pyi Taw for meeting with Burmese Foreign Minister, meeting with Burmese President, meeting with Speaker of the Pyithu Hluttaw and group of Parliamentarians. Travel to Rangoon for meeting with Aung San Suu Kyi, roundtable with opposition party activists, meeting with Vice-Chair of the Committee of Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference, meeting on ASEAN engagement and 2012.”

“Attend meetings at the Munk Centre at the University of Toronto”

“Attend the Commonwealth Ministerial Action Group; meetings at the Canadian High Commission; attend the London Conference on Somalia; bilateral meetings with the Organization for Islamic Co-operation, Arab League and United Kingdom. Attend the International Conference of the Friends of Syrian People in Tunis; bilateral meeting with Saudi Arabia and meeting with the Syrian National Council.”

“Attend the G20 Foreign Ministers' Meeting. Bilateral meetings with Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Chile, the Honourable Alfredo Moreno, with the Honourable Jeremy Browne, Minister of State for the Foreign and Commonwealth Office of the United Kingdon of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, with Secretary of State Hillary Clinton and with the Secretary of Foreign Affairs of Mexico Patricia Espinosa.”

“Meetings with HE Benjamin Netanyahu, Prime Minister of State of Israel; meet with His Honour Shimon Peres, President of the State of Israel; meet with HE Mahmoud Abbas, President of the Palestinian Authority; meet with HE Salam Fayyad, Prime Minister of the Palestinian Authority; meet with HE Riyad al-Maliki, Foreign Minister of the Palestinian Authority; keynote adddress at the Herzliya Conference. Tour of the Israel-Gaza border base. Roundtable discussion on Iran with Select Experts. Meet with Mr. Tamis Pardo, Director of Mossad. Meet with Mr. Natan Sharansky, Chairman of the Executives-Jewish Agency for Israel; meet with Her Excellency Tzipi Livni, Israeli Opposition Leader; meet with HE Ehud Bank, Minister of Defence of the State of Israel; meet with HE Lieberman, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs of the State of Israel; meet with HE Dan Meridor, Deputy Prime Minister of Intelligence and Atomic Energy for the State of Israel. Attend the Foreign Ministers' Panel Herzliya Conference. Meet with Representatives of the Centre for Israel and Jewish Affairs. Accompany the Prime Minister to attend the Official Opening of the Canadian Tourism Commissioner's Summer Tourism Campaign; attend a Business and Education Roundtable. Attend bilateral meeting with Prime Minister Harper and Premier Wen Jiabao. Attend the signing ceremony with PM Harper. Attend Roundtable on Regligious Freedom. Meet with Canada-China Business Forum. Accompany PM Harper to bilateral meetings with President Hu Jinato, with National People's Congress Chairman Wu Bangguo and with Executive Vice Premier Li Keqiang. Visit of the Canadian curriculum school. Accompany PM Harper to bilateral meetings with Guangdong Provincial Party Secretary Wang Yang and Chongqing Party Secretary Bo Xilai. Visit to Chongqing Zoo.”

“To attend Roundtable with Canadia-UK Finance; Political and Real Estate briefing with High Commissioner; meeting with Mining Industry Leaders; speech to High Commission staff; meeting with Executive team; meeting with Shadow Foreign Secretary; speech to Royal Commonwealth Society; dinner with 5 former Foreign Secretaries; bilateral meeting with Australian Foreign Minister, trilateral with British and Australian Ministers; meeting with Defence expert; reception and speech; bilateral at Foreign Office. To attend the world Economic Forum; Global Young Leaders Forum event; meeting with Executive Director of Human Rights Watch; meeting with Mexican Presidental Candidate and team; speak at United Nations Every Woman every Child Forum; attend the New Context in China event; bilateral meetings with President of Switzerland, the President of Haiti and the US Secretary of Homeland Security; attend Bombardier event; participate in Invest Canada Business Roundtable; attend informal meeting of World Business Leaders and attend Invest Canada Reception.”

“To attend meeting with Canadian Ambassador to Haiti, meeting with Parliamentary Secretary and NDP and Liberal Critics, meeting with Haitian President; meeting with Haitian Prime Minister and Minister of Justice. Speech and meet and greet with Canadian Embassy Staff. Roundtable with Canadian Business Representatives. Visit to Delmas 33 Police Commissariat. Meetings at Minister's Regional Office and Speech to Canadian Club of Toronto”

“To attend the Summit on the Future of Afghanistan, bilateral meetings with the Minister of Foreign Affairs of France, Israel and Australia; bilateral meeting with the Afghan Women's Council and Afghanistan's Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs. Attend the 18th Ministerial Meeting of the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe. To attend meetings with Prime Minister Harper and US President Obama. Meetings and events at the Canadian Embassy.”

“To attend the Sir Bani Yas Forum in Abu Dhabi. Travel to Kuwait to attend the Deauville Partnership Meeting, the 8th Forum for the Future - G8 Broader Middle East and North Africa Ministers' Meeting. Bilateral meetings with the Foreign Minister of Kuwait, with the Foreign Minister of Italy, with the Amir of Kuwait and with the Prime Minister of Kuwait. Participate in a roundtable with Women's groups and Kuwait MP.”

“Travel to Honolulu to attend the Asia Pacific Economic Co-operation Ministerial meeting, the High Level Dialogue on Disaster Resilliency, High Policy Dialogue on Open Governance and Economic Growth, bilateral meetings with Russia, Thailand, the Philippines, China, Chile and Peru, and attend the APEC Business Advisory Council Conference.”

“Foreign Affairs and Government issues”

“To attend the Commonwealth and Developing Small States Foreign Ministers' meetin, the Commonwealth Business Forum, Speech to the Canadian Mining community, attend the Pre-Commonwealth Heads of Government Foreign Ministers' Meeting, attend the Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting, bilateral meetings with 10 countries, meeting with the Commonwealth Secretariat and meeting with CARICOM.”

“Meeting with the Holy See on the Office of Religious Freedom. Travelled to Tripoli for meeting with Dr. Mustafa Abdul Jalil, Chair of the National Transitional Council, Opeing of the Canadian Embassy and meeting with staff. Meeting with Dr. Hania al-Gamaty, Deputy Minister of Social Affairs of Libya. Participate in a Roundtable Discussion with Libyan women Activists. Bilateral meeting with His Excellency Dr. Ali Tarhouni, Minister of Finance and Oil of Libya. Meeting with Canadian Business Leaders.”

“Attend the United Nations General Assembly. High level meeting on Libya. Meeting with His Excellency Mr. Guido Westerwelle, Vice-Chancellor and MFA of Germany. G8 -Deauville Partnership Foreign Ministers' Meeting. Bilateral meeting with Mr. Jonas Gahr Store, MFA Norway. Bilateral with H.E. Dr. uri Rosenthal, MFA Netherlands. New York Stock Exchange - Business Roundtable. NPDI Ministerial Meeting and Press Conference. Global Terrorism Forum Launch. Ministerial meeting on the Silk Road Initiative (Afghanistan). Commonwealth Foreign Ministers Meeting. Bilateral with His Highness Sheikh Abdullah Bin Zayed Al Nahya, MFa UAE. Bilateral with H.E. Mr. Yerzhan Kazykhanov, MFA Kazakstan. Bilateral with Her Excellency Ms. Hina Rabbani Khar, MFA Pakistan. Bilateral with his Excellency Mr. Kamalesh Sharma, Sec Gen of the Commonwealth. Bilater meeting with H.E. Mr. Pham Binh Minh, Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Socialist Republic of VietNam. Bilateral with H.E. Mr. Nasser Judeth, MFA Jordan. Bilateral with H.E. Mr. Alfredo Moreno, MFA of Chile. Bilateral with the Troika of the Rio Group. Bilateral with H.E. Mohamed Mouldi Kefi, MFA of Tunisia. Speech at the United Nationsl General Assembly.”

“To deliver a speech at the Calgary chamber of Commerce. to participate in a roundtable entitled "Engaging Canada's Energy Business Sector"”

“Foreign Affairs and Government issues”

“Travel with the Prime Minister for briefing with Lt. Gen. Charles Bouchard, Royal Canadian Airforce. Meeting and speech with Canadian Forces at Trapani Air Base. Meeting with British Foreign Secretary. Attend Friends of Libya meeting with Prime Minister. Meetings with the National Transitional Council. Meeting with the Aga Khan. Meeting with the Australian Special Envoy for the Commonwealth and Sri Lanka. Meeting with the Minister of State for External Affairs of India.”

“Accompany Prime Minister to the Americas, participate in joint meetings. Meeting with Minister of External Relations of Brazil, meeting with Minister of Foreign Affairs of Colombia, meeting with Minister of Foreign Relations of Honduras. Bilateral meeting with Secretary Espinosa.”

“Meetings & briefings: American Ambassador, Canadian Embassy Council on Foreign Relations, U.S. Secretary of State, Canadian American Business Council, Center for Strategic & International Studies, American Israeli Public Affairs Committee, Syrian democracy activists, National Security Adviso, Editorial board Washington Post & Media interviews.”

“Foreign Affairs and Government issues”

“To attend the ASEAN Conference”

“Foreign Affairs and Government issues”

“To attend the Libya Contact Group meeting, bilateral meetings in Beijing and Shanghai.”

“Foreign Affairs and Government issues”

“To deliver a speech at the Canada-China Business Council with the objective to improve Foreign Relations and strengthen business tile between Canada and China followed by a press conference and roundtable. Meeting at Minister's Regional Office with Bruce Power CEO Duncan Hawthorne regarding international nuclear developments with respect to the Fukushimaa Nuclear Power Plant in Japan. Meeting at the Minister's Regional Office with MPP Cheri DiNovo regarding Tibetan refugees in Nepal. Speech in the evening to the Canadian Council of Chief Executives (who represent Canadian companies abroad).”

“Foreign Affairs and Government issues”

“Meeting with Lt. Gen. Charles Boucher and Embassy officials to discuss Canada's role in Libya. Meeting with James Fox, Canadian Ambassador to Italy to discuss Libya and bilateral relations with Italy and Ms Anne Leahy, Ambassador of Canada to the Holy See to discuss bilateral relations and religious freedom. Meeting with Dr. Mustafa Abdul Jalil, Interim President National Transitional Council, in Benghazi Libya and members of the NTC followed by media to discuss Canada's involvement in Libya. Address to Canadian Forces Troops at Trapani Air Force Base to acknowledge their contributions and discuss there contribution to the mission. Meeting with Italian Foreign Affairs Minister Franco Frattini, to discuss bilateral relations. Press conference at the Canadian Embassy to debrief on trip to Libya. Award presentation plus meet and greet Embassy staff at the Canadian Embassy in Italy in order to show support for our Minister and to the staff between both countries.”

“To attend meetings with the business community, Foreign Affairs lunch and attend the Munk Debate”

“To attend the G8 Summit”