Please note that unfortunately the visit to New Brunswick has been cancelled due to a flu virus contracted by His Excellency the Right Honourable David Johnston, Governor General of Canada.
Export Development Canada (EDC) announced today that it is financing Acadian Seaplants Limited (ASL), a leader in the cultivation and processing of seaweed-based products, for its acquisition of Ireland's largest seaweed processing company, Arramara Teoranta.
With the mounting of sentries at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier, the National Sentry Program (NSP) reinforces the Canadian commitment to remember and honour Canadians who served in both World Wars, as well as those who have contributed to Canada's long standing tradition of military excellence through to the present day.
Today, as part of Canada's commemorations marking the centennial of the start of the First World War, the Canadian Armed Forces announced the sentry program at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier honouring Canada's fallen will be expanded from two months a year to seven months a year and will now include special military anniversaries.
An assassination in the Serbian capital of Sarajevo in June 1914 went almost unnoticed in Canada. Few Canadians expected that it would lead them into war; fewer still anticipated the sacrifices Canada would be called to make.
Good morning, and thank you for that kind introduction. It's great to be here at the IISS [International Institute for Strategic Studies] with such a distinguished audience.
The Honourable Julian Fantino, Minister of Veterans Affairs, today issued the following statement to mark the launch of the World Wars Commemoration period and the 100th anniversary of the start of the First World War.