| Employment and Social Development Canada
| news releases
The Honourable Jason Kenney, Minister of Employment and Social Development, today highlighted new proposed measures to make life more affordable for Canadian families and to help them prosper.
The Royal Canadian Navy (RCN) will mark the Battle of Coronel on November 1st. This battle saw the first Canadian military casualties of the First World War, and the first ever casualties in the history of the RCN.
| Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada
| media advisories
On behalf of Agriculture Minister Gerry Ritz, Member of Parliament Harold Albrecht (Kitchener-Conestoga) will be at the Martin's Family Fruit Farm processing facility in Elmira, Ontario on Saturday, November 1 to make an announcement in support of Ontario's food processing industry.
| Environment and Climate Change Canada
| news releases
Claude Resources Inc. recently pleaded guilty to one charge under the federal Fisheries Act and one charge under Saskatchewan's Environmental Management and Protection Act in provincial court in La Ronge. The company was ordered to pay a total penalty of $172,000.
Today, the governments of Canada and Manitoba announced that the Water Reservoir Expansion Project in the Rural Municipality of East St. Paul will benefit from the New Building Canada Plan's Small Communities Fund.
| Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada
| backgrounders
Formally known as the Live-in Caregiver Program (LCP), the Caregiver Program has been a feature of Canada's immigration system for many years as a component of the Temporary Foreign Worker Program.
| Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada
| news releases
Canada's Citizenship and Immigration Minister, Chris Alexander, announced significant reforms to the Caregiver Program that acknowledges the valuable contributions caregivers make to Canadian families and the economy.
| Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada
| backgrounders
As a result of actions taken by the Government of Canada since 2009, the backlog of permanent resident applications has been reduced by nearly 45 percent, paving the way for a faster and more flexible immigration system.