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 hold a round table discussion on development issues with Nina Grewal, Member of Parliament for Fleetwood-Port Kells and the local Asian community.
>The Honourable Bernard Valcourt, Minister of Aboriginal Affairs and Northern Development Canada and the Honourable Jackson Lafferty, Deputy Premier, Minister of Education, Culture and Employment, and Minister Responsible for the Workers' Safety and Compensation Commission for the Northwest Territories, celebrated today an agreement for the renewed federal Gas Tax Fund that provides predictable, stable funding for public infrastructure to municipal governments across the Northwest Territories.
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The Honourable Alice Wong, Minister of State (Seniors), along with the Honourable Ron Cannan, Member of Parliament for Kelowna¿Lake Country, will announce Government of Canada support to Dr. Gurmeet Singh Randhawa Seniors Society through the New Horizons for Seniors Program.
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Producers, processors and agricultural organizations benefit from Growing Forward 2 funding through three programs designed specifically to address the unique challenges and opportunities faced by the Newfoundland and Labrador agriculture and agrifoods sector.
The Canada First Defence Strategy contains a detailed road map for the modernization of the Canadian Armed Forces (CAF), including new defence infrastructure to replace dated infrastructure and support a first-class, modern military that is ready to take on the challenges of the 21st century.
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The Honourable Bernard Valcourt, Minister of Aboriginal Affairs and Northern Development, on behalf of the Honourable Jason Kenney, Minister of Employment and Social Development, and the Honourable Jackson Lafferty, Northwest Territories Deputy Premier and Minister of Education, Culture and Employment today announced that the Canada Job Fund, which includes the creation of the Canada Job Grant, has been signed by the governments of Canada and the Northwest Territories to help connect Canadians with available jobs.
Mr. Bryan Hayes, Member of Parliament for Sault Ste. Marie, on behalf of the Honourable Gail Shea, Minister of Fisheries and Oceans, announced today that the Government of Canada is investing in a harbour improvement project at Mamainse Harbour.
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The Canadian International Trade Tribunal (the Tribunal) today determined that there is a reasonable indication that the dumping and subsidizing of concrete reinforcing bar from the People's Republic of China, the Republic of Korea and the Republic of Turkey have caused injury or are threatening to cause injury to the domestic industry.
