| Service Canada | backgrounders
The Governments of Canada and Manitoba are announcing funding for 2 additional projects in communities across the western region of the province under the New Building Canada Plan's Small Communities Fund.
| Global Affairs Canada | news releases
The Honourable Rob Nicholson, P.C., Q.C., M.P. for Niagara Falls, Minister of Foreign Affairs, today announced the following diplomatic appointments: Michael Gort becomes Ambassador to the Republic of Costa Rica. Gwyneth A. Kutz becomes Ambassador to the Republic of Peru. Jennifer May Alice Loten becomes Ambassador and Permanent Representative to the Organization of American States in Washington, D.C. Daniel Maksymiuk becomes Ambassador to the Republic of Croatia, with concurrent accreditation to the Republic of Kosovo.
| Service Canada | backgrounders
The governments of Canada and Manitoba are announcing funding for five additional projects for communities in Manitoba's north under the New Building Canada Plan's Small Communities Fund.
| Service Canada | backgrounders
The Governments of Canada and Manitoba are announcing funding for 4 additional projects in communities across the Parkland Region of the province under the New Building Canada Plan's Small Communities Fund.
| Parks Canada | backgrounders
Quebec Infrastructure Investments
| Parks Canada | news releases
The Honourable Denis Lebel, Minister of Infrastructure, Communities and Intergovernmental Affairs and Minister of the Economic Development Agency of Canada for the Regions of Quebec, on behalf of the Honourable Leona Aglukkaq, Minister of the Environment and Minister responsible for Parks Canada, today announced infrastructure investments totalling $131.1 million in several Parks Canada projects in Quebec.
| Service Canada | news releases
David Wilks, Member of Parliament for Kootenay – Columbia was joined today by Greg Kyllo, British Columbia Member of the Legislative Assembly for Shuswap, to jointly announce funding for the upgrade and expansion of Highway 1 near Revelstoke that will increase safety for all drivers and improve the efficiency of this important regional and trans-provincial route.
| Service Canada | backgrounders
The Governments of Canada and Manitoba are announcing funding for 3 additional projects in communities across the Interlake region of the province under the New Building Canada Plan's Small Communities Fund.
| Global Affairs Canada | news releases
International Trade Minister Ed Fast and Agriculture and Agri-Food Minister Gerry Ritz today announced Canada's ratification of the World Wine Trade Group (WWTG) Agreement on Requirements for Wine Labelling. The agreement was signed by WWTG participants, which include Argentina, Australia, Canada, Chile, Georgia, New Zealand, South Africa and the United States, in January 2007.
| Global Affairs Canada | news releases
The Honourable Christian Paradis, Minister of International Development and La Francophonie, announced the renewal of the partnership between Government of Canada and Rotary Foundation Canada by providing a total of up to $18 million to help save the lives of vulnerable children and reduce poverty in the world's poorest countries.
