OTTAWA - The Honourable Joe Oliver, Minister of Natural Resources, today issued the following statement in response to the European Commission's decision to undertake an impact assessment of the proposed implementing measures for the Fuel Quality Directive.
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Malnutrition and undernutrition contribute to the deaths of almost one-third of children under five years old and the deaths of thousands of mothers annually. These deaths are largely preventable and there is conclusive evidence that effective, low-cost programs can significantly reduce the burden of undernutrition
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The Honourable Jason Kenney, Minister of Citizenship, Immigration and Multiculturalism, issued the following statement on Yom HaShoah, Holocaust Remembrance Day.
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The Honourable Jason Kenney, Minister of Citizenship, Immigration and Multiculturalism, issued the following statement condemning the anti-Semitic vandalism at several summer cottages in the Laurentian municipality of Val Morin, Quebec over the past few days.
Canada is a world leader in tobacco control. Smoking is at an all-time low in Canada, with smoking rates dropping to a historic low of 17%. The number of Canadians who smoke on a daily basis is even lower, at 13%.
Today marks the 30th Anniversary of the Proclamation of the Constitution Act of 1982, which was formally signed by Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II on April 17, 1982, in the presence of tens of thousands of Canadians on Parliament Hill in Ottawa.
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Following the cordial invitation from His Excellency the President of the Republic of Chile, don Sebastián Piñera Echenique, the Prime Minister of Canada, the Right Honourable Stephen Harper, made an official visit to Chile on April 16, 2012
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Ottawa - April 15, 2012 - The Honourable Jason Kenney, Minister of Citizenship, Immigration and Multiculturalism issued the following statement marking the celebration of Orthodox and Oriental Easter: