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First, let me congratulate Seaspan Shipyards, your management team and especially your workers on achieving this major milestone under the National Shipbuilding Strategy.
| Indigenous and Northern Affairs Canada
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Speaking Notes for the Honourable Carolyn Bennett Minister of Crown-Indigenous Relations and Northern Affairs for theAssembly of First Nations Special Chiefs Assembly
Canada operates within the Westminster software of governance, which has evolved for over seven or eight centuries. This governance software includes the basic principles of the Crown’s powers, the Crown’s taking advice from the Executive, and the Executive being responsible and answerable to Parliament. Over time, this system has turned out to be quite adaptive.
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Thank you, Marco, very much for that kind introduction. I just want to also acknowledge the presence of my federal colleagues here, the Honourable Salma Zahid, Member of Parliament for Scarborough Centre, yes, for Scarborough Centre, and Rob Oliphant, my colleague, as well as Jenny Kwan, who's my Opposition Critic and Member of Parliament for the New Democratic Party.I also want to take an opportunity to thank all of you for joining us here today, especially the caregivers who are in the room today, for the services that they provide to Canadian families and to our communities. Thank you very much.
Back when I was the Deputy Champion for the Persons with Disabilities Community, as it was then called, I participated in events like this one today for many years. It is very important for me to be here today.
Speaking Notes for Patrick Borbey President of the Public Service Commission of Canada on Experiential Learning and Pathways to Employment for Canadian Youth at the Standing Committee on Human Resources, Skills and Social Developmentand the Status of Persons with Disabilities
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I welcome this opportunity to spend time with members of the Canadian Interoperability Technology Interest Group (CITIG) – valued CRTC partners who play a vital role in public safety.
Speaking Notes for Patrick Borbey President of the Public Service Commission of Canada on Supplementary Estimates B and 2016-2017 Departmental Results Report