Today, the Honourable Steven Blaney, Canada's Minister of Public Safety and Emergency Preparedness, announced the coming-into-force of an expanded Order Declaring an Amnesty Period (2014).
| Employment and Social Development Canada
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The Honourable Bernard Valcourt, Minister of Aboriginal Affairs and Northern Development and Member of Parliament for Madawaska–Restigouche, and Rob Clarke, Member of Parliament for Desnethé-Missinippi-Churchill River, on behalf of the Honourable Jason Kenney, Minister of Employment and Social Development, will announce support for the Aboriginal Human Resource Council in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan.
"Canada welcomes news that an agreement has been reached between the ruling Cambodian People's Party and opposition Cambodian National Rescue Party [CNRP] to end the political deadlock following the July 2013 national elections.
| Environment and Climate Change Canada
| backgrounders
Through the Great Lakes Sustainability Fund (GLSF), the Government of Canada supports projects to clean up each of Canada's 14 remaining Areas of Concern or "degraded areas" within the Great Lakes Basin.
| Environment and Climate Change Canada
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On behalf of the Honourable Leona Aglukkaq, Minister of the Environment, Minister of the Canadian Northern Economic Development Agency and Minister for the Arctic Council, Dr. Colin Carrie was in Sarnia, Ontario, today to announce new environmental clean-up projects in the Great Lakes.
On July 21st, 2014 at about 9:35 p.m., as a result of the vigilance of staff members, two packages containing unauthorized items were seized at La Macaza Institution, a medium security federal institution.
Today, on behalf of the Honourable Christian Paradis, Minister of International Development and La Francophonie, Nina Grewal, Member of Parliament for Fleetwood-Port Kells, announced humanitarian assistance funding to support the efforts of UNICEF in Somalia. The support will help improve the health, well-being and protection of children, women and their families.
Media are invited to join the Honourable Julian Fantino, Minister of Veterans Affairs, and Patrick Brown, Member of Parliament for Barrie, for an announcement.
| Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada
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Agriculture Minister Gerry Ritz, Ed Fast, Minister of International Trade and Member of Parliament Randy Kamp (Pitt Meadows - Maple Ridge - Mission) announced today an investment of over $117,000 to the British Columbia Blueberry Council to help high-bush blueberry growers showcase their world-class blueberries abroad and increase export sales