| Innovation, Science and Economic Development Canada
| news releases
The Honourable Maxime Bernier, Minister of State (Small Business and Tourism) (Agriculture), today announced the results of an impressive summer tourism season in Canada.
Foreign Affairs Minister John Baird today welcomed his U.S. counterpart, Secretary of State John Kerry, to Ottawa to commemorate the two Canadian soldiers killed in the attacks last week and to discuss further cooperation on a number of international issues.
The Burin Peninsula Chamber of Commerce (BPCC) will provide junior high students with training in the areas of skilled trades and technology, thanks in part to investments from the federal and provincial governments. Funding of more than $139,000 was announced today by the Honourable Rob Moore, Regional Minister for Newfoundland and Labrador and Minister of State (Atlantic Canada Opportunities Agency), and the Honourable Darin King, provincial Minister of Business, Tourism, Culture and Rural Development.
The Honourable Lisa Raitt, Minister of Transport, accompanied by Senator Claude Carignan, Leader of the Government in the Senate, will announce further measures to address the Transportation Safety Board of Canada's final recommendations related to the derailment in Lac-Mégantic.
| Employment and Social Development Canada
| news releases
A new global economic forecast by Export Development Canada (EDC) predicts that the momentum of the nascent U.S. recovery will be the key driver of the next global growth cycle.
Minister of Infrastructure, Communities and Intergovernmental Affairs and Minister of the Economic Development Agency of Canada for the Regions of Quebec, the Honourable Denis Lebel, and Parliamentary Assistant to the Premier and Member of the National Assembly for D'Arcy-McGee, David Birnbaum, on behalf of Quebec's Minister of Municipal Affairs and Land Occupancy, Pierre Moreau, are pleased to announce that Côte-Saint-Luc and Hampstead will receive $11,632,609 over the next five years under the new federal-provincial Gas Tax Fund agreement and from the Government of Quebec's contribution for priority infrastructure projects. Côte-Saint-Luc will receive $9,524,982 and Hampstead, $2,107,627.