Ukrainian Canadian Congress Meets
Trade Minister Van Loan
Ottawa (UCC)
- On November 30, 2010, the Ukrainian Canadian Congress - National met with the
Honourable Peter Van Loan, Minister of International Trade, to discuss a number
of issues regarding Canada-Ukraine relations and issues of concern to the
Ukrainian Canadian community.
The
UCC delegation included representatives from the Canada-Ukraine Chamber of
Commerce, League of Ukrainian Canadians, League of Ukrainian Canadian Women,
and Ukrainian National Federation of Canada.
“We
had an open and frank discussion with Minister Van Loan on key issues relating
to bilateral relations between
Specific
subjects addressed at the meeting included: the negotiations of a
Canada-Ukraine Free Trade Agreement, increasing bilateral trade, as well as,
person-to-person contact, and the implementation of the Canada-Ukraine Youth
Mobility Agreement in 2011. The UCC delegation raised the importance of
the rule of law, rights issues and transparency in the context of
Canada-Ukraine Trade relations.
In
addition, the subject was raised about recent information in that the
“This
is a national, federally funded museum and it is incumbent upon the government
to ensure that it is open, transparent and representative in both its
governance and operations,” concluded Grod.
L. to R.: Taras
Zalusky, Borys Potapenko, Chrystyna Bidiak, the Hon. Peter Van Loan, Paul Grod,
John Iwaniura, and Taras Pidzamecky