Anita Anand
- Born
- May 20, 1967 — Kentville, Nova Scotia
- Education
- BA Political Studies, Queen's University; BA (Honours) Jurisprudence, Wadham College, Oxford; LLB, Dalhousie University; LLM, University of Toronto Faculty of Law
- Career
- Associate at Torys; Assistant Professor at Western University Faculty of Law; Assistant Professor, Associate Professor, Queen's University Faculty of Law; Visiting Lecturer in Law, Yale Law School; Professor, Associate Dean, University of Toronto Faculty of Law; Academic Director of the Centre for the Legal Profession; Senior Fellow and Board of Governors Member of Massey College; Director of Policy and Research at the Capital Markets Research Institute
- Political Experience
- Elected to the House of Commons in 2019, MP for Oakville East; Minister of Public Services and Procurement; Minister of National Defence; President of the Treasury Board; Minister of Transport and Internal Trade; Minister of Foreign Affairs
- Notable
- First Hindu woman to be elected to Parliament and the first Hindu member of Cabinet in Canada; second woman to be minister of national defence; first visible minority to be minister of foreign affairs
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Mr. Speaker, this has been a landmark week in Canadian foreign policy. From releasing the national security strategy to the Canada-EU Summit to the G20 and the Commonwealth, we are forging relationships around the world, securing over 20 security, defence and trade agreements in the last year alone. We are deepening our national resilience. We are strengthening our strategic autonomy and, through
Mr. Speaker, Canada and the EU are turning our shared interests into action. This week we are welcoming EU leaders here to Canada to build on SAFE, to build on the CETA and to build on the strategic defence partnership. It is our second-largest trading partner, and that is $178 billion in trade last year alone. We are building our national resilience, we are building our domestic economy and most
Mr. Speaker, we are entering a new era of Canada's foreign policy. Over the last year, we have signed more than 20 security, defence and economic partnerships. At the recent investment summit, we catalyzed $500 billion of investment. We are building Canada's national resilience. We are building Canada's strategic autonomy. More trade and more investment means a more prosperous Canada.
Mr. Speaker, the abduction of Ukrainian children is one of the most illegal and egregious aspects of Russia's illegal and unjustifiable war. Last week, we brought together 70 countries to work toward the return of Ukrainian children, prisoners of war and detained civilians. We put on the table $7 million, including for grassroots organizations, to bring these children home. Putin must be