| National Defence | news releases
OTTAWA ¿ More than 1 000 Canadian sailors, soldiers, airmen and airwomen who deployed to the Hawaiian Islands and Southern California have completed their participation in Rim of the Pacific (RIMPAC), the world's premier combined and joint maritime exercise.
| National Defence | statements
This Friday, 01 Aug, will mark the 50th anniversary of the establishment of the position of the Chief of the Defence Staff.
| Global Affairs Canada | news releases
Foreign Affairs Minister John Baird meets with Taur Matan Ruak, President of Timor-Leste, to discuss new areas of cooperation between Canada and Timor-Leste. This is Baird's first visit to Timor-Leste and the first trip by a Canadian minister to that country.
| Global Affairs Canada | media advisories
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 consultations on development issues with Jeff Watson, Member of Parliament for Essex and Parliamentary Secretary for Transport, and with the local Ukrainian community.
| Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada | backgrounders
Canada's previous decision-making model for citizenship applications was a three-step process: an application went from a citizenship officer to a citizenship judge and then went back to a citizenship officer.
| Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada | backgrounders
This graph shows how the changes to the Citizenship Act are expected to eliminate the citizenship applicant backlog in 2015-2016.
| Western Economic Diversification Canada | media advisories
Members of the media are invited to attend an important event with the Honourable Michelle Rempel, Minister of State for Western Economic Diversification in support of skills training for the energy and mining industries.
| Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada | backgrounders
This graphic shows how the recent amendments to the Citizenship Act will shorten citizenship processing times.
| Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada | backgrounders
Important changes to strengthen Canadian citizenship and speed up application processing come into force August 1, 2014. The provisions were included in Bill C-24, the Strengthening Canadian Citizenship Act, which became Canadian law on June 19, 2014.
| Service Canada | news releases
His Excellency the Right Honourable David Johnston, Governor General of Canada, will be in New Brunswick from August 6 to 8, 2014. During his visit, he will attend the opening ceremonies of the 5th Congrès mondial acadien, in Edmundston, and will participate in other official functions and events across the province.
