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The Honourable Vic Toews, Minister of Public Safety, and the Honourable Jason Kenney, Minister of Citizenship, Immigration and Multiculturalism today made the following statement following the arrest of a man charged in conjunction with the MV Sun Sea case.
The Honourable Vic Toews, Minister of Public Safety, and the Honourable Jason Kenney, Minister of Citizenship, Immigration and Multiculturalism today made the following statement following the arrest of a man charged in conjunction with the MV Sun Sea case.
The Honourable Vic Toews, Canada's Public Safety Minister, and the Honourable Jason Kenney, Minister of Citizenship, Immigration and Multiculturalism, today made the following statements to mark the twenty-seventh anniversary of the bombing of Air India Flight 182, and Canada's National Day of Remembrance for Victims of Terrorism. On June 23, 1985, 329 people, most of them Canadians, were killed by the cowardly bombing of Air India Flight 182. Two other victims were also lost at Japan's Narita Airport.
The Honourable Peter MacKay, Minister of National Defence, has issued the following statement concerning the decision of the Québec Superior Court in the class action suit brought on behalf of the residents of the Municipality of Shannon
| Employment and Social Development Canada
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Almost one billion men, women, and children around the world face chronic hunger. Lack of access to sufficient, safe, and nutritious food is one of the major obstacles to reducing poverty in developing countries. Countries around the world must continue to work together to address hunger and malnutrition.
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President Obama and Prime Minister Harper today welcomed the announcement by the nine Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) countries to incorporate Canada into the TPP negotiations. The current TPP countries are Australia, Brunei Darussalam, Chile, Malaysia, New Zealand, Peru, Singapore, the United States and Vietnam.
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The Honourable Vic Toews, Minister of Public Safety, and the Honourable Jason Kenney, Minister of Citizenship, Immigration and Multiculturalism, made the following statement today commending the Canada Border Services Agency for its work leading to charges against a number of individuals for immigration fraud in Montreal and Winnipeg. CBSA today announced that in Montreal, Carol Massoud appeared in court, charged with 61 offences under the Immigration and Refugee Protection Act (IRPA) and the Criminal Code, including inducing, aiding or abetting individuals to misrepresent themselves to the Government of Canada for immigration purposes, and with possessing property obtained by crime. In Winnipeg last week, two individuals, Bradley Jacobson and Kendall Schmidt, were charged with 23 counts and eight counts respectively under the IRPA and the Criminal Code.