| Service Canada | news releases
Ottawa residents and visitors will soon enjoy access to a modern new venue for experiencing Francophone theatre. Construction has now started on La Nouvelle Scène; a state-art theatre in the heart of the nation's capital.
| Service Canada | news releases
Prime Minister Stephen Harper today announced significant financial support to provide upgraded high-speed Internet access to approximately 12,000 households in Nunavut and the Nunavik region of northern Quebec. This investment advances the Government of Canada's priority to promote social and economic development in the North, as outlined in Canada's Northern Strategy. The announcement was made in Pond Inlet, Nunavut, during the Prime Minister's ninth annual Northern Tour, taking place from August 21 to 26, 2014. He was joined by James Moore, Minister of Industry, and Leona Aglukkaq, Minister of the Environment, Minister of the Canadian Northern Economic Development Agency and Minister for the Arctic Council.
| Service Canada | news releases
Canadian soldiers, security personnel and first responders will soon have access to superior personal protective gear and armoured vehicles, made right here in Canada. The National Research Council of Canada (NRC) and Defence Research and Development Canada (DRDC) are teaming up for a program with industry partners to develop next-generation products for the international security and defence market.
| Transportation Safety Board of Canada | news releases
TSB deploys team of investigators to aircraft accident site.
| Global Affairs Canada | backgrounders
On May 7, 2014, Canada's reputation as a strong fiscal manager and its focus on jobs, growth and prosperity were recognized with the appointment of the Honourable Christian Paradis, Minister of International Development and La Francophonie, as Chair of the Redesigning Development Finance Initiative (RDFI) Steering Committee, a joint project of the World Economic Forum and the Organisation for Economic Co-operation Development's Development Assistance Committee.
| Global Affairs Canada | news releases
Today, The Honourable Christian Paradis, Minister of International Development and La Francophonie, chaired the first meeting of the Redesigning Development Finance Initiative (RDFI) Steering Committee, a joint global project between the World Economic Forum (WEF) and the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development's Development Assistance Committee (OECD-DAC).
| Atlantic Canada Opportunities Agency | news releases
Le Village Historique Acadien de la Nouvelle-Écosse (VHANE) is expanding with the restoration of a post office and shoe shop built in 1885.
| Global Affairs Canada | news releases
Today, Susan Truppe, Parliamentary Secretary for Status of Women and Member of Parliament for London North Centre announced, on behalf of the Honourable Christian Paradis, Minister of International Development and La Francophonie, Canada's support to the International Centre for Diarrhoeal Disease Research, Bangladesh (icddr,b) to improve maternal, newborn and child health (MNCH) in Bangladesh. She was joined by Wladyslaw Lizon, Member of Parliament for Mississauga East-Cooksville.
| Canada Revenue Agency | news releases
The Honourable Kerry-Lynne D. Findlay, P.C., Q.C., M.P., Minister of National Revenue, joined by Peter Braid, Member of Parliament for Kitchener-Waterloo and Stephen Woodworth, Member of Parliament for Kitchener Centre, today highlighted pilot projects to help small and medium enterprise (SME) compliance. The Liaison Officer Initiative (LOI) focuses on providing in-person support to businesses as their operations grow. The CRA initially launched two LOI pilot projects in March 2014, one in Ontario, and the other in Quebec. The LOI is based on a "right from the start" approach which allows the CRA to address non-compliance in a more efficient and effective way by focusing on educating, informing and supporting small and medium businesses.
| Service Canada | backgrounders
On the final day of this year's Northern Tour, Prime Minister Stephen Harper participated in Operation NANOOK, an annual Canadian Armed Forces-led sovereignty exercise held in Canada's North.
