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Prime Minister Stephen Harper ANNOUNCES new Canadian initiatives in the americas

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Published on April 13, 2015 with No Comments

Introduction

 

Prime Minister Stephen Harper today announced support for several new initiatives that will promote health, security, democratic governance and border management in the Americas. He made the announcement on the final day of the seventh Summit of the Americas. He was joined by Rob Nicholson, Minister of Foreign Affairs.

 

The initiatives being announced today will benefit the region by contributing to maternal, newborn and child health, promoting judicial reform, improving the security and education of children, fighting money laundering as well as drug and human trafficking, enhancing the rule of law and border management, and increasing the capacity of beneficiary states to address criminal threats.

 

Quick Facts

 

  • Prime Minister Harper made the Americas a foreign policy priority in 2007. Canada’s Strategy for Engagement in the Americas is the whole-of-government approach to advancing Canada’s interests in the region.
  • In the Americas, Canada uses a variety of programming to further strengthen governance, enhance the rule of law and promote anti-crime measures. Canada is combating transnational organized crime through capacity building and working to alleviate poverty, inequality and impunity. Canada is also strengthening the transparency and accountability of military institutions through its Military Training and Cooperation Program. In 2014, Canada provided training to over 300 military personnel from the Americas through this program.
  • In the Americas, Canada uses a variety of programming to further strengthen border management and increase the capacity of beneficiary states to address criminal threats.
  • Canada is a global leader in ending the preventable deaths of mothers, newborns and children in the developing world, including in the Americas. Maternal, newborn and child health (MNCH) remains Canada’s top international development priority.

 

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“Canada is actively working with its partners in the Americas to improve the lives of citizens across the region. I am pleased today to announce Canadian support for a range of initiatives that will strengthen health, security and democratic governance, border management and the rule of law across Latin America and the Caribbean. In today’s increasingly dangerous world, we must work to ensure that our hemisphere embraces good governance and democratic rights.” – Prime Minister Stephen Harper

 

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