The Honourable Greg Rickford, Canada's Minister of Natural Resources, together with the Honourable Tony Cornect, Minister of Service NL, Government of Newfoundland and Labrador, and the Honourable Kelly Regan, Minister of Labour and Advanced Education, Government of Nova Scotia, today announced that new occupational health and safety provisions for Canada's Atlantic offshore will come into force on December 31, 2014. The federal Offshore Health and Safety Act received Royal Assent on June 19, 2014, with the Nova Scotia and Newfoundland and Labrador provincial Acts having received Royal Assent in 2013.
Atlantic salmon fisheries have been an important part of our Canadian social heritage for more than 150 years. Spawning in over 1000 rivers in eastern Canada, Atlantic salmon are actively fished for Food, Social and Ceremonial purposes by dozens of First Nations and Aboriginal organizations and recreational fisheries in Atlantic Canada and Quebec. These fisheries contribute over $100 million to the Canadian economy and support up to 3,500 jobs in eastern Canada.
December 18, 2014 - Miramichi, New Brunswick
Today, the Honourable Gail Shea, Minister of Fisheries and Oceans, along with Tilly O'Neill-Gordon, Member of Parliament for Miramichi, announced the creation of a new Ministerial Advisory Committee on Atlantic salmon to help determine the course of action to address low returns of Atlantic salmon on the East coast.
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Member of Parliament (MP) Brad Trost (Saskatoon-Humboldt) today announced an investment of up to $260,000 to the Saskatchewan Pork Development Board (Sask Pork) to help control two diseases that threaten swine and beef herds in Canada.
At approximately 11:03 p.m. on December 17, 2014 inmate Patricia May McKenzie was apprehended by the Red Deer Detachment of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police.
The Honourable Kerry-Lynne Findlay, Minister of National Revenue, today announced new initiatives aimed at making air travel to the United States even easier for NEXUS members and other low-risk Trusted Travellers who have undergone extensive background checks. Minister Findlay also encouraged travellers to use a new holiday travel toolkit to enable faster and more convenient holiday travel
The Honourable Kerry-Lynne D. Findlay, P.C., Q.C., M.P., Minister of National Revenue, yesterday met with representatives from the Vancouver business community to discuss priorities and hear their suggestions ahead of the 2015 federal budget.