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Government of Canada purchases replacement vessel for Saint John-Digby ferry service

| Transport Canada | news releases

The Honourable Lisa Raitt, Minister of Transport and the Honourable Diane Finley, Minister of Public Works and Government Services, today announced that the Government of Canada has entered into an agreement for the purchase of a ferry vessel to replace the MV Princess of Acadia, which serves the Saint John, New Brunswick to Digby, Nova Scotia ferry route.


Administrative Tribunals Support Service of Canada (ATSSC)

| Department of Justice Canada | backgrounders

The Government of Canada has passed legislation to consolidate the provision of support services to 11 administrative tribunals by way of a single, integrated organization - the Administrative Tribunals Support Service of Canada (ATSSC). The ATSSC is established with the coming into force on November 1, 2014, of the Administrative Tribunals Support Service of Canada Act.


Biography of Marie-France Pelletier

| Department of Justice Canada | backgrounders

Marie-France Pelletier has been appointed Chief Administrator with the Administrative Tribunals Support Service of Canada (ATSSC), effective Monday, October 27, 2014.


Harper Government Highlights New Milestone in Construction of First Canadian Ships

| Employment and Social Development Canada | news releases

Today the Honourable Diane Finley, Minister of Public Works and Government Services, highlighted the steel cutting of two modules that will sit aboard the Offshore Fisheries Science Vessel being developed at the Vancouver Shipyards and announced the award of a $5-million contract for the production of these initial blocks. This milestone signals more significant progress being made in the Government of Canada's National Shipbuilding Procurement Strategy (NSPS). The Offshore Fisheries Science Vessel will be the first class of ship to be built at Vancouver Shipyards under the government's shipbuilding strategy.


Health Ministers discuss Ebola preparedness in Canada

| Public Health Agency of Canada | news releases

Today, the Honourable Rona Ambrose, Minister of Health, Dr. Gregory Taylor, Chief Public Health Officer of Canada, Terry Lake, British Columbia's Minister of Health and Dr. Perry Kendall, British Columbia's Provincial Health Officer held a teleconference of Federal, Provincial and Territorial Health Ministers to discuss Ebola preparedness. The group discussed ways to further strengthen coordination across all jurisdictions in the event a case of Ebola is confirmed in Canada.


Harper Government Highlights New Milestone in Construction of First Canadian Ships

| Employment and Social Development Canada | news releases

Today the Honourable Diane Finley, Minister of Public Works and Government Services, highlighted the steel cutting of two modules that will sit aboard the Offshore Fisheries Science Vessel being developed at the Vancouver Shipyards and announced the award of a $5-million contract for the production of these initial blocks. This milestone signals more significant progress being made in the Government of Canada's National Shipbuilding Procurement Strategy (NSPS). The Offshore Fisheries Science Vessel will be the first class of ship to be built at Vancouver Shipyards under the government's shipbuilding strategy.


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