The Foreign Affairs Minister’s remarks are part of a wide-ranging foreign-policy address to the Economic Club in Toronto, in which she lays out Canada’s concerns about a destabilized world
People sift through the rubble of a destroyed building following Israeli strikes on Al-Shatee camp in Gaza City on Oct. 28.Foreign Affairs Minister Mélanie Joly will call on Israel in a speech on Monday to temper its heavy bombardment of Gaza and allow for pauses in the war to permit sustained humanitarian aid to reach beleaguered Palestinian civilians.
Ms. Joly lays out the broad framework of Canada’s concerns about a destabilized world and says her role as Foreign Affairs Minister is to vigorously defend Canadian sovereignty and to practise pragmatic diplomacy even with hostile states.last summer. She warned that the government will “send packing” any diplomat who engages in any form of foreign interference.
While Israel has a right to defend itself against terrorist attacks, Ms. Joly says it must respect international law in how it employs use of force and urged the government of Benjamin Netanyahu to pause the assault to allow for humanitarian aid to enter Gaza and foreign nationals to leave. The Foreign Affairs Minister says she has been in contact with Qatar, Israel, Egypt and the U.S. every day for the past three weeks, seeking a way to get these people out of Gaza, but she acknowledged that time is running out. “We need an agreement from all parties to get foreign nationals out, including Canadians. To release all hostages. And to allow food, fuel and water into Gaza.”
But Ms. Joly was adamant that Canada will no longer tolerate any interference by foreign governments in domestic affairs. She expelled Indian intelligence officer Pavan Rai over the killing of Mr. Nijjar and Chinese diplomat Zhao Wei after The Globe reported in May that he was behind an intimidation campaign directed at Conservative foreign affairs critic Michael Chong and members of his family in Hong Kong in the leadup to the 2021 election.Ms.
‘We will make the investments necessary to reinforce our Northern security and critical infrastructure,” she says, also vowing to work with the U.S., Iceland, Norway, Denmark, Sweden and Finland to safeguard the passage, “which serves as the gateway to the Arctic.”
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