| Employment and Social Development Canada
| media advisories
The Honourable Jason Kenney, Minister of Employment and Social Development, along with the Honourable Ric McIver, Alberta Minister of Jobs, Skills, Training and Labour, will make an announcement about the Canada Job Grant.
Their Excellencies the Right Honourable David Johnston, Governor General of Canada, and Mrs. Sharon Johnston, will welcome His Excellency Sauli Niinistö, President of the Republic of Finland, and his wife, Mrs. Jenni Haukio, to Rideau Hall, on Thursday, October 9, 2014, on the occasion of their State visit to Canada.
| Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada
| news releases
Agriculture Minister Gerry Ritz today addressed the 23rd Tri-National Agricultural Accord where he underscored the importance for all three North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) countries to recognize and promote free and unfettered trade to drive competitiveness, create jobs and generate economic opportunities.
October 8, 2014 - Moncton, New Brunswick
On behalf of the Honourable Gail Shea, Minister of Fisheries and Oceans, Tilly O'Neill Gordon, Member of Parliament for Miramichi, today announced that, under the second round of the Recreational Fisheries Conservation Partnerships Program, the Government of Canada will provide close to $126,000 for four projects to conserve fish habitat in the region of Miramichi.
Erin O'Toole, Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of International Trade, today endorsed the Joint Forward Plan developed by the Canada-United States Regulatory Cooperation Council (RCC) at a meeting of more than 400 regulators and stakeholders from both sides of the border, including more than 80 Canadian business and industry representatives from 22 sectors, in Washington, D.C. Parliamentary Secretary O'Toole and the other meeting participants discussed how the work under the 2011 Joint Action Plan and new Joint Forward Plan will further Canada-U.S. regulatory alignment, recognize integrated supply chains and increase North American competitiveness.
