| Veterans Affairs Canada | news releases
The Honourable Julian Fantino, Minister of Veterans Affairs, today announced that Dana Kean will join the Veterans Review and Appeal Board, which provides Veterans, Canadian Armed Forces and Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP) members, and their families, with an independent avenue of appeal for disability benefits decisions made by Veterans Affairs Canada.
| Treasury Board of Canada Secretariat | media advisories
The Honourable Tony Clement, President of the Treasury Board, will make an important announcement regarding Canada's new Action Plan on Open Government 2.0
| Employment and Social Development Canada | backgrounders
The Bill would complement existing Canadian initiatives, both at home and abroad, to put an end to barbaric cultural practices that go against Canadian values because they cause harm to women and girls and prevent their full participation in society. These practices, which include early and forced marriage, "honour"-based violence and female genital mutilation/cutting, have no place in Canada's free and democratic society. Some of Canada's initiatives to end these practices are set out below.
| Veterans Affairs Canada | media advisories
Veterans Appreciation Day
| Employment and Social Development Canada | backgrounders
The Zero Tolerance for Barbaric Cultural Practices Act demonstrates that Canada's openness and generosity does not extend to early and forced marriage, polygamy or other types of barbaric cultural practices.
| Employment and Social Development Canada | backgrounders
The Zero Tolerance for Barbaric Cultural Practices Act proposes the creation of a new inadmissibility under the Immigration and Refugee Protection Act (IRPA) for practising polygamy in Canada.
| Employment and Social Development Canada | backgrounders
In the permanent residency stream, a foreign national, when entering Canada and becoming a permanent resident, is permitted to have only one spouse. This requires an individual in a polygamous relationship to convert their marriage to a monogamous relationship.
| Canadian Environmental Assessment Agency | news releases
The Canadian Environmental Assessment Agency (the Agency) has allocated a total of $235,920 to four applicants to assist their participation in the federal environmental assessment of the Hardrock Deposit Project, located approximately five kilometres south of Geraldton, Ontario.
| Employment and Social Development Canada | media advisories
The Honourable Jason Kenney, Minister of Employment and Social Development, will speak at a Toronto Region Board of Trade event.
| Employment and Social Development Canada | news releases
The Honourable Jason Kenney, Minister of Employment and Social Development, delivered a keynote speech today at the Canadian Electricity Association's Annual Occupational Health and Safety Awards.
