The Honourable Lisa Raitt, Minister of Transport, today announced that the Government of Canada is investing $971,912 over two years for the rehabilitation of the airside electrical system at the Lac Brochet Airport
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Event date: August 8, 2014-The Honourable Ed Fast, Minister of International Trade, will address delegates at the 2014 Aerospace, Defence and Security Expo and will make an important announcement regarding government support for aerospace innovation.
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The Honourable Diane Finley, Minister of PWGSC, delivered a keynote address today at the 2014 Aerospace, Defence and Security Expo, organized by the Aerospace Industries Association of Canada Pacific.
The Honourable John Duncan, Minister of State and Member of Parliament for Vancouver Island North, on behalf of the Honourable Gail Shea, Minister of Fisheries and Oceans, will share details about the Harper government's plans to improve the small craft harbours at Tsehum (Shoal) Harbour in Sidney; Kitamaat Village Harbour in Kitamaat; and Port Edward Harbour in Port Edward, British Columbia.
"Canada notes with satisfaction that Nuon Chea and Khieu Samphan, both senior surviving leaders of the Khmer Rouge regime in Cambodia, have been sentenced to life imprisonment for crimes against humanity committed between 1975 and 1977. The sentences were handed down yesterday by the Extraordinary Chambers in the Courts of Cambodia.
The Honourable Kerry-Lynne D. Findlay, P.C., Q.C., M.P., Minister of National Revenue, today attended the presidential inauguration of incoming Colombian president Juan Manuel Santos Calderón, in Bogota.
On behalf of the Honourable Julian Fantino, Minister of Veterans Affairs, Parliamentary Secretary Parm Gill, along with Steven Fletcher, Member of Parliament for Charleswood-St. James-Assiniboia, participated in a tour of the Field of Honour at Brookside Cemetery.
Since the onset of the crisis, Canada has stood proudly alongside the people of Ukraine and taken important steps to support the country, including imposing sanctions against those responsible for the growing conflict. On August 7, 2014, in response to Ukraine's request for non-kinetic (non-lethal) security assistance, Prime Minister Stephen Harper announced that a Canadian CC-130J Hercules will take off on August 7, in the first of a series of flights, from Canadian Forces Base Trenton to deliver important non-kinetic security assistance which will help the country secure its eastern border against Russian aggression.