Ottawa, Ontario, 18 May 2008 (CBNS) — Friday evening Honourable Maxime Bernier, Minister of Foreign Affairs, made the following statement on the arrests of six Iranian Baha’is on the morning of May 14, 2008:
Toronto, Ontario, 17 October 2007 (CBNS) — “The issue of poverty must be understood more deeply if it is to be tackled at its root,” said Karen McKye, Secretary-General of the National Spiritual Assembly, the governing council of the Baha'i Community of Canada, welcoming the recent Baha'i International Community (BIC) submission to the United Nations Human Rights Council.
Quebec, QC, 2 November 2006 (CBNS) — Helping newly-arrived residents, especially women, learn the official languages and promoting a sense of world citizenship in schools are two of the recommendations put forth by the Bahá’í community of Quebec to the provincial government as part of a dialogue on the question of racism.