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With the House of Commons adjourned until March 21, the Prime Minister and other cabinet ministers are, this week, travelling in Europe, meeting with their peers on the crisis in the Ukraine.
On Monday, Justin Trudeau announced in London that Canada is sanctioning 10 more Russian political and business leaders over Russia’s actions. The targeted 10 were flagged by Alexie Navalny, the jailed Russian opposition leader.
The announcement came during a news conference with Mr. Trudeau, British Prime Minister Boris Johnson and Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte.
Mr. Trudeau, who also met Monday with Queen Elizabeth, is going on to Latvia, Germany and Poland this week for talks on the conflict.
Meanwhile, Foreign Affairs Minister Mélanie Joly was meeting in Bucharest with Romania’s Foreign Affairs Minister Bogdan Aurescu.
Defence Minister Anita Anand and the Chief of the Defence Staff, General Wayne Eyre, are travelling to Latvia and joining Mr. Trudeau for part of his trip. They are also meeting with European counterparts and visiting personnel with the Canadian Armed Forces deployed on Operation REASSURANCE to support NATO efforts in the region.
And International Development Minister Harjit Sajjan is headed for Geneva to discuss the pandemic response and humanitarian crises in Ukraine and Afghanistan with UN and international partners. He is also travelling to various Eastern Europe locations, but a statement said, specific locations would not be disclosed before travel due to the security situation in the region.
