| Indigenous and Northern Affairs Canada
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The Honourable Bernard Valcourt, Minister of Aboriginal Affairs and Northern Development, is pleased to announce $750,000 in funding for the construction of a new hotel in the Uashat mak Mani-Utenam community.
Member of Parliament for Haldimand-Norfolk, Diane Finley, on behalf of the Honourable Gail Shea, Minister of Fisheries and Oceans, announced today that the Government of Canada will invest in a refurbishment project at the Port Dover Harbour. This project is part of a Harper Government initiative to invest in maintenance, repair, construction and dredging projects at small craft harbours across the country, and will support economic growth and prosperity in fishing communities like Port Dover.
Today, Lois Brown, Parliamentary Secretary to the Honourable Christian Paradis, Minister of International Development and La Francophonie, met with representatives from the Canadian International Institute for Extractives and Development (CIIEID).
| Public Services and Procurement Canada
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The Honourable Diane Finley, Minister of Public Works and Government Services, announced today the re-appointment of James Paul as President and Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Defence Construction Canada (DCC), effective September 8, 2014.
The Canada Border Services Agency (CBSA) announced today that the Criminal Investigations Unit has laid eight charges in two separate firearms seizure at the North Portal port of entry.
The Honourable Lynne Yelich, Minister of State (Foreign Affairs and Consular), the Honourable Greg Rickford, Minister of Natural Resources and Minister for the Federal Economic Development Initiative for Northern Ontario, and the Honourable Ed Fast, Minister of International Trade, today announced the coming into force of the Canada-Kazakhstan Nuclear Cooperation Agreement.
The Honourable Ed Fast, Minister of International Trade, today witnessed the signing of two agreements between Canadian research universities and the Peruvian Ministry of Energy and Mines that will strengthen skills development and build capacity in the extractives sector in Peru.
Lois Brown, Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of International Development and Member of Parliament for Newmarket-Aurora, on behalf of the Honourable Christian Paradis, Minister of International Development and La Francophonie, will be joined by Kelly Block, Member of Parliament for Saskatoon-Rosetown-Biggar and Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Natural Resources, to hold a round table discussion on development issues with the local Ukrainian community.
Good morning afternoon.
I am delighted to be here in Seal Cove, and thankful that the Grand Manan Harbour Authority extended an invitation for me to join in today's celebration. It is so rewarding to see the completion of this major harbour development project. It was a lot of hard work, and I know that so many of you folks here had a hand in making it happen.