| Employment and Social Development Canada
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Prime Minister Stephen Harper today issued the following statement on the occasion of International Women's Week, highlighted by International Women's Day on March 8th, 2008:
The Honourable Rob Nicholson, Minister of Justice and Attorney General of Canada made the following statement today following the Supreme Court of Canada's decision to dismiss Mr. Karlheinz Schreiber's application for leave to appeal.
Recent media coverage has speculated about the Government's intention to police the film industry to prevent the production of movies with provocative titles or themes like those in Eastern Promises, Borderline, or Ma fille, mon ange.
It was with great pleasure that I received the Report on the Government of Canada's Consultations on Linguistic Duality and Official Languages by Special Advisor Bernard Lord. This report gives an overview of the regional and online consultations and the wrap-up event announced in December, and makes recommendations for the next phase of the Action Plan for Official Languages.
The Honourable Peter Gordon MacKay, Minister of National Defence and Minister of the Atlantic Canada Opportunities Agency, issued the following statement today on the death of a Canadian soldier in Afghanistan:
| Innovation, Science and Economic Development Canada
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In preparation for our leaders' meeting in New Orleans on April 21-22, we, the ministers responsible for the Security and Prosperity Partnership of North America (SPP) met in Los Cabos, Baja California Sur, to review progress on the five priorities identified by leaders in Montebello and to discuss cooperative approaches to common challenges and opportunities.
Today, Colonel Christian Juneau, Acting Commander of Joint Task Force Afghanistan issued the following statement on the number of troops needed in Kandahar Province: