Anita Anand

"My understanding is that there is a revocation of the permission."

"We are preparing a plan to assist. We are not prepared at this point to provide any details of the announcement."

"I ask that all Canadians follow local guidelines, including sheltering in place, if that is what local guidelines are dictating."

"This is Canadian foreign policy. We are focused on the humanitarian situation."

"we need to have these diplomatic conversations in order to make progress."

"No country will ever have a pass in terms of the domestic safety and security of this country."

"Our understanding is, and was at the time, that the intent..."

""The situation is very volatile and very real in terms of the potential for human life to be lost across the region and that is our main concern, always.""

"Efforts were under way to help more than 2,000 Canadians who have requested assistance from the government to leave the Middle East region."

"the government was arranging a limited number of charter flights to evacuate Canadian citizens from the Middle East."

"Efforts were under way to help more than 2,000 Canadians who have requested assistance from the government."

"Canada was not consulted, did not participate in the military action, and has no intention of participating in the offensive military operation."

"It has been our long-standing position that Iran is a destabilizing force in the Middle East and in particular, Iran’s proliferation of its nuclear capacity."

"We want to ensure that there is meaningful engagement by Israeli and Lebanese representatives to negotiate a sustainable political solution."

"Canada is a bilingual country."

"My thoughts are with their family and loved ones, and Global Affairs consular officials are in touch to provide assistance."

"That, in this moment, is significant and will continue to occur until we reach a place where Canada’s interests are well protected and represented in the formal outcome."

"The video was deeply troubling and a matter we take very, very seriously."

"Canada unequivocally condemns the grave mistreatment of Canadians in Israel."