| Employment and Social Development Canada
| backgrounders
On October 17, 2014, Prime Minister Stephen Harper participated in a moderated question and answer (Q&A) session in Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario, where he discussed the Government's ongoing support for Canadian families living in rural areas and the hunting and angling communities in Northern Ontario and across the country.
| Employment and Social Development Canada
| news releases
Prime Minister Stephen Harper today participated in a moderated question and answer (Q&A) session at Algoma's Water Tower Inn & Suites with Angelo Lombardo, Executive Director of the Ontario Federation of Anglers and Hunters. The Prime Minister was joined by Bryan Hayes, Member of Parliament for Sault Ste. Marie, Robert Sopuck, Member of Parliament for Dauphin-Swan River-Marquette, and Jay Aspin, Member of Parliament for Nipissing-Timiskaming.
The Honourable Christian Paradis, Minister of International Development and La Francophonie, and Anthony Lake, Executive Director of the United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF), will make an announcement regarding the provision of assistance to the children of Iraq.
| Veterans Review and Appeal Board
| news releases
The Honourable Julian Fantino, Minister of Veterans Affairs, today announced that Wilfred Jephson and Mary Tobin Oates will join the Veterans Review and Appeal Board, which provides Veterans, Canadian Armed Forces and Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP) members, and their families, with an independent avenue of appeal for disability benefit decisions made by Veterans Affairs Canada.