| Federal Economic Development Agency for Southern Ontario
| speeches
Good morning ladies and gentlemen, friends and guests. As you can see from looking around the office here, many people are hard at work at this growing company. This space and what you see here is an example of the three high-growth companies in the Waterloo Region that are represented here today. It is companies and angel networks and associations such as yours that are creating jobs and bringing new ideas to the forefront each and every day.
| Financial Consumer Agency of Canada
| media advisories
Minister of State (Finance) Kevin Sorenson, Canada's Financial Literacy Leader Jane Rooney and Member of Parliament (Edmonton-Leduc) James Rajotte will hold a consultation on Thursday November 13, 2014 at the University of Alberta, Lister Centre, corner of 87th Avenue and 116 Street, Prairie Room, in Edmonton, Alberta.
On Wednesday, November 12, 2014, the Honourable Kerry-Lynne D. Findlay, P.C., Q.C., M.P., Minister of National Revenue, will celebrate the recipients of the Canadian Hispanic Business Alliance's 8th annual "10 Most Influential Hispanic Canadians" awards.
Concert-goers and festival attendees around the world likely don't give a second thought to music festival and tour planning, but if they did, they would discover that the software applications used by their favourite artists and festivals to plan, organize and manage events and musical careers were developed on Cape Breton Island.
For the past six years, Marcato Digital Solutions has been providing a web-based management service for the global music industry, and with support from the Government of Canada, the local company is undertaking upgrades that will support its quest for global leadership in the festival and artist management software industry.
The Government of Canada, through ACOA's Business Development Program, is making a $300,000 repayable contribution to Marcato to undertake a recoding exercise
Thirty years after they opened, MetOcean Data Systems Limited of Dartmouth continues to make waves in the fields of oceanography, meteorology, defence and coastal environments for an international clientele. Since their incorporation, MetOcean has become a world leader in the specialized production of air and ship-deployed drifting platforms, search and rescue buoys, oil tracking buoys, ice platforms, NOVATECH tracking and recovery beacons/flashers, and data acquisition and telemetry systems.
The governments of Canada and Manitoba are announcing funding for the following four projects in the north central and south central regions of Manitoba under the New Building Canada Plan's Small Communities Fund.
| Employment and Social Development Canada
| news releases
His Excellency the Right Honourable David Johnston, Governor General of Canada and patron of The Lung Association, will launch the Association's 2014 Christmas Seal Campaign by receiving a framed copy of this year's seal at Rideau Hall, on Thursday, November 13, 2014, at 10 a.m.
| Employment and Social Development Canada
| news releases
The Harper Government is helping equip young Canadians in Pickering with the skills and work experience needed to get jobs. The announcement was made today by Chris Alexander, Canada's Minister of Citizenship and Immigration and Member of Parliament for Ajax–Pickering, and the Honourable Kevin Sorenson, Minister of State (Finance), on behalf of the Honourable Candice Bergen, Minister of State (Social Development).