Minister Joly to journey to Germany and Norway to advertise Canadian business and entice investments

April 17, 2026 – Ottawa, Ontario 

The Honourable Mélanie Joly, Minister of Industry and Minister chargeable for Canada Economic Development for Quebec Regions, will journey to Germany and Norway from April 19 to 24, 2026, to advance Canada’s industrial and financial pursuits overseas.

Minister Joly will first go to Germany to attend HANNOVER MESSE 2026, the place she is going to take part in various convention actions in addition to high-level conferences with German business leaders and senior authorities officers. She will then journey to Norway for conferences with key authorities officers and business sector leaders.

HANNOVER MESSE is the world’s main industrial expertise commerce honest. The Minister’s go to will supply a possibility to showcase Canadian business, innovation and superior manufacturing experience, strengthen ties with worldwide companions, and establish new alternatives for Canadian corporations to increase and develop via entry to international markets, constructing on final 12 months’s occasion, the place Canada was featured because the Partner Country.

Minister Joly can even meet with various high-ranking executives from the German personal sector to advance Canada’s collaboration on aerospace and defence, electrical autos, crucial minerals and batteries. These conferences will give attention to attracting funding, selling Canadian experience and constructing a extra resilient commerce relationship on either side of the Atlantic. Minister Joly’s journey to HANNOVER MESSE will construct on her February go to to Germany, throughout which Canada and Germany signed a joint declaration to deepen collaboration within the auto and battery provide chain.

The Minister will conclude her journey in Norway, the place she is going to meet with leaders from the Norwegian authorities and personal sector. This go to follows Prime Minister Carney’s assembly with the Prime Minister of Norway, Jonas Gahr Støre, in March 2026 to strengthen partnerships between the 2 nations. Her go to builds on the rising industrial and financial cooperation between Canada and Norway to advertise collaboration on defence, house, analysis, local weather change and information, and enhanced provide chain resiliency.