| Financial Consumer Agency of Canada
| media advisories
Minister of State (Finance) Kevin Sorenson and Canada's first Financial Literacy Leader Jane Rooney will announce the members of the newly formed National Steering Committee on Financial Literacy at an event to be held at 9:30 a.m. on Wednesday, July 30, 2014 at the Grosvenor Room, Central YMCA, 20 Grosvenor Street, Toronto, Ontario.
Mr. Robert Goguen, Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Justice and Member of Parliament for Moncton ¿ Riverview ¿ Dieppe, on behalf of the Honourable Rob Moore, Minister of State (Atlantic Canada Opportunities Agency), and PEI Fisheries, Aquaculture and Rural Development Minister Ron MacKinley today announced a combined investment of $205,000 for Raspberry Point Oyster Co.
| Employment and Social Development Canada
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The Honourable Julian Fantino, Minister of Veterans Affairs, and the Honourable Kevin Sorenson, Minister of State (Finance), on behalf of the Honourable Candice Bergen, Minister of State (Social Development), will make an announcement on Canada Summer Jobs program recipients. Prior to the announcement, they will be touring the organisation.
The Canada Border Services Agency (CBSA) Criminal Investigations Unit has laid three charges under the Customs Act following a firearms and weapons seizure at the Ambassador Bridge port of entry.
Andrew Bennett, Canada's Ambassador for Religious Freedom, today issued the following statement:
"It is with sorrow that I have learned of the death of Hira, seven years old, Kainaat, eight months old, and their grandmother, Bushra Bibi, all Ahmadiyya Muslims, who fell victim to an attack by a local mob in the area of Kachi-Pump in Gujranwala, Pakistan. They and other members of the local Ahmadi community were attacked simply because of their Ahmadiyya Muslim faith.
World Hepatitis Day is an annual opportunity to bring attention to chronic viral hepatitis B and C in Canada and around the world. It is estimated that hepatitis affects over half a million Canadians and one in 12 people worldwide.
The Honourable Julian Fantino, Minister of Veterans Affairs, today issued the following statement to recognize the anniversary of the signing of the Korean Armistice Agreement and Korean War Veterans Day.
| Innovation, Science and Economic Development Canada
| media advisories
Event date: July 28, 2014 - The Honourable Ed Holder, Minister of State (Science and Technology), will celebrate a significant investment in scientific research at the University of New Brunswick. The Minister of State will be joined by the Honourable Keith Ashfield, Member of Parliament for Fredericton.