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Members of the media are invited to attend an event where the Honourable Rob Moore, Minister of State (Atlantic Canada Opportunities Agency), and Gerald Keddy, Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of National Revenue and for ACOA and Member of Parliament for South Shore-St. Margaret's, will make an important announcement regarding an initiative in Liverpool.
The Honourable Julian Fantino, Minister of Veterans Affairs, today issued the following statement to mark Merchant Navy Veterans Day and the 75th anniversary of the beginning of the Battle of the Atlantic
Foreign Affairs Minister John Baird was in Baghdad today to meet with government officials and discuss the critical humanitarian and security situation in Iraq. He was joined by an all-party delegation consisting of Paul Dewar, Member of Parliament for Ottawa Centre, and Marc Garneau, Member of Parliament for Westmount-Ville-Marie.
| Atlantic Canada Opportunities Agency
| media advisories
Members of the media are invited to attend an event where the Honourable Rob Moore, Minister of State (Atlantic Canada Opportunities Agency), and Gerald Keddy, Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of National Revenue and for ACOA and Member of Parliament for South Shore-St. Margaret's, will make an important announcement regarding an initiative in Caledonia.
LANGLEY, B.C. – Nina Grewal, Member of Parliament for Fleetwood - Port Kells, on behalf of the Honourable Lisa Raitt, Minister of Transport, will participate in an event in the Township of Langley tomorrow along with B.C. Environment Minister and MLA for Langley Mary Polak, Port Metro Vancouver Vice President of Infrastructure Delivery Cliff Stewart, Vice-Chair of the TransLink board Howard Nemtin, Surrey Mayor Dianne Watts, Acting Mayor Ted Schaffer of the City of Langley, Mayor Jack Froese of the Township of Langley, Mayor Lois E. Jackson of the Corporation of Delta, and other Roberts Bank Rail Corridor project partners. A photo opportunity and media availability will follow
Blake Richards, Member of Parliament for Wild Rose, on behalf of the Honourable Gail Shea, Minister of Fisheries and Oceans, today announced that, under the second round of the Recreational Fisheries Conservation Partnerships Program, the Government of Canada will provide $21,000 to the Bow Valley Habitat Development to conserve fish habitat in Cochrane, Alberta.
It gives me great pleasure to welcome all of you to Rideau Hall for this presentation of letters of credence. I would also like to welcome you, on behalf of all Canadians
The Bank of Canada today announced that it is maintaining its target for the overnight rate at 1 per cent. The Bank Rate is correspondingly 1 1/4 per c