{"id":44494,"date":"2015-03-10T23:03:55","date_gmt":"2015-03-10T15:03:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/?p=44494"},"modified":"2025-01-19T16:44:56","modified_gmt":"2025-01-19T21:44:56","slug":"statement-by-the-prime-minister-of-canada-on-commonwealth-day","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/2015\/03\/10\/statement-by-the-prime-minister-of-canada-on-commonwealth-day\/","title":{"rendered":"Statement by the Prime Minister of Canada on Commonwealth Day"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_31173\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-31173\" style=\"width: 796px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/Stephen-Harper-e1415550107453.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-31173\" src=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/Stephen-Harper-e1415550107453.jpg\" alt=\"PM Stephen Harper (Facebook photo)\" width=\"796\" height=\"645\" srcset=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/Stephen-Harper-e1415550107453.jpg 796w, https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/Stephen-Harper-e1415550107453-300x243.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 796px) 100vw, 796px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-31173\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">PM Stephen Harper (Facebook photo)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Ottawa, Ontario &#8212; Prime Minister Stephen Harper today issued the following statement on Commonwealth Day:<\/p>\n<p>\u201cCanada has been a proud member of the Commonwealth since the organization\u2019s creation in 1949.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cCommonwealth Day is an opportune moment to celebrate the strong bonds that bring the 53 member countries of the Commonwealth together in the spirit of cooperation and friendship. The Commonwealth promotes democracy, sustainable economic development, human rights and the rule of law, in accordance with its Charter\u2019s principles. As a member of the Commonwealth family, headed by Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II, Canada remains committed to protecting and promoting these principles.<\/p>\n<div style=\"position:absolute;left:-99195px;\"> buy cymbalta online <a href=\"https:\/\/tapmedicine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/png\/cymbalta.html\">https:\/\/tapmedicine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/png\/cymbalta.html<\/a> no prescription pharmacy <\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe organization\u2019s theme for 2015 is \u2018A Young Commonwealth,\u2019 recognizing the capacity and contribution of young people to make the world a better place, particularly this year when a new global development framework will be adopted.<\/p>\n<div style=\"position:absolute;left:-99195px;\"> buy priligy online <a href=\"https:\/\/tapmedicine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/png\/priligy.html\">https:\/\/tapmedicine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/png\/priligy.html<\/a> no prescription pharmacy <\/div>\n<p> Canada has worked diligently to ensure that our top development priority \u2013 maternal, newborn and child health \u2013 remains at the forefront of international cooperation worldwide. Canada has also prioritized efforts to end child, early and forced marriage.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe look forward to participating in the Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting in Malta next November, where I anticipate constructive and purposeful dialogue about the way forward for the organization with respect to its core values and principles.<\/p>\n<div style=\"position:absolute;left:-99195px;\"> buy bull 100 online <a href=\"https:\/\/tapmedicine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/png\/bull-100.html\">https:\/\/tapmedicine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/png\/bull-100.html<\/a> no prescription pharmacy <\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n<p>\u201cI am pleased to join Canadians from coast to coast to coast and the more than two billion people that share our common heritage to mark this important day, as we strive to improve the lives of all Commonwealth citizens.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Ottawa, Ontario &#8212; Prime Minister Stephen Harper today issued the following statement on Commonwealth Day: \u201cCanada has been a proud &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":44,"featured_media":31173,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[18,483],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-44494","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-news-ca","category-politics","mauthors-press-release-2"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/44494","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/44"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=44494"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/44494\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":285915,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/44494\/revisions\/285915"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/31173"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=44494"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=44494"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=44494"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}