Thai people in Vancouver, Canada, staged a protest last Sunday (30 April) in front of the polling station at the Thai Consulate to demand the repeal of the royal defamation law.

<div>Canada is concerned by Thailand's recently introduced National Council for Peace and Order (NCPO) Order 13/2559, which grants expanded policing powers to the Thai military. </div>

<p dir="ltr"><span id="docs-internal-guid-61117579-5922-a420-db6e-67a71f70209e">January 19, 2016 – Jakarta, Indonesia - Mission of Canada to the Association of Southeast Asian Nations</span></p> <p dir="ltr"><span id="docs-internal-guid-61117579-5922-a420-db6e-67a71f70209e">The Government of Canada recently announced the appointment of Marie-Louise Hannan as Canada’s new ambassador to the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN). </span></p>

<div><strong>Ambassador Calvert meeting with&nbsp;</strong></div> <div><strong>Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha</strong></div> <div>&nbsp;</div> <div>BANGKOK - Embassy of Canada press release following bilateral meeting with Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha</div> <div>&nbsp;</div> <div>H.E. Philip Calvert, Ambassador of Canada to the Kingdom of Thailand, met today (31 March 2015) with Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha to review key elements of the bilateral relationship, encompassing commercial, political, security and people-to-people ties. </div>

<div>December 14, 2014 - Foreign Affairs Minister John Baird issued the following statement today on the second anniversary of the disappearance of Sombath Somphone, a prominent civil society leader in Laos, who was last seen at a police checkpoint in Vientiane on December 15, 2012:</div> <div>&nbsp;</div> <div>“Canada is concerned that after two years, the Laotian government has been unable to provide further information on Mr. Sombath’s whereabouts. We call upon Laos to respect its international commitments, and to fully and transparently investigate and report on Mr. Sombath’s disappearance. </div>

<p>May 29, 2014<strong> - </strong>Foreign Affairs Minister John Baird today issued the following statement one week on from the military coup in Thailand:</p> <p>“Canada is profoundly concerned by recent serious and regrettable setbacks for democracy in Thailand. We urge Thailand’s coup leaders to abide by democratic principles, respect media and Internet freedom, and provide a credible road map for an early return to civilian representative government.</p>