| Employment and Social Development Canada
| statements
Prime Minister Stephen Harper today issued the following statement following the completion of voting in the October 26, 2014, Parliamentary elections in Ukraine:
Foreign Affairs Minister John Baird today released the following statement on today's parliamentary election in Tunisia:
"Canada congratulates Tunisia on the historic parliamentary election held today. For the first time since the adoption of a new constitution, millions of Tunisians exercised their democratic right to vote in free and credible elections.
| Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada
| news releases
Toronto's Asian and non-Asian communities got the chance to connect with each other culturally and socially this week at the Celebrate Our Mid Autumn Festival Together event thanks to Government of Canada funding, announced today by Parliamentary Secretary for Multiculturalism Chungsen Leung, Member of Parliament for Willowdale.
The Honourable Julian Fantino, Minister of Veterans Affairs, today paid tribute to the Royal Canadian Air Force Association (RCAFA) at its annual meeting in Ottawa. The Minister thanked the Association for its outstanding contributions to Veterans, and reaffirmed the Government of Canada's commitment to strengthen support for Veterans and their families by cutting red tape and introducing new supports for those Veterans who are the most seriously injured, including support for their families.
| Indigenous and Northern Affairs Canada
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Bernard Valcourt, Minister of Aboriginal Affairs and Northern Development participated in a historic ceremony today, with a friendship agreement signed between the City of Edmundston and Madawaska Maliseet First Nation in New Brunswick.
Foreign Affairs Minister John Baird today released the following statement:
"Canada condemns in the strongest possible terms Iran's execution of Reyhaneh Jabbari, a 26-year old interior designer and the latest victim of a murderous regime.
The new armoury is being named the "Master Corporal Charles (Chuck) Michaud Armoury." Master Corporal Michaud, a native of Edmundston, New Brunswick, died on July 4, 2009, from injuries sustained in an improvised explosive device incident that occurred in Panjway District, Afghanistan, on June 23 of that year.
Today, the Honourable Bernard Valcourt, Minister of Aboriginal Affairs and Northern Development Canada, on behalf of the Honourable Rob Nicholson, Minister of National Defence, attended an opening ceremony for the new Edmundston Armoury in Edmundston, New Brunswick.