The Honourable Peter Gordon MacKay, Minister of National Defence and Minister of the Atlantic Canada Opportunities Agency, issued the following statement today on NATO's Military Committee Conference:
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The Sydney Declaration, building on the principles outlined at the G-8 earlier this year, represents an emerging consensus on the need for all countries to contribute to the reduction of greenhouse gas emissions.
The Honourable Peter Gordon MacKay, Minister of National Defence and Minister of the Atlantic Canada Opportunities Agency, issued the following statement today on Canada Posts' initiative to provide free delivery of letters from family and friends to deployed troops in Afghanistan and elsewhere overseas:
I was deeply saddened to learn of the sudden death of Andrée P. Boucher, Mayor of Québec City, earlier today. She was assertive and dynamic-a woman of integrity who was an important figure in the history of Québec City politics.
The Honourable Peter Gordon MacKay, Minister of National Defence and Minister of the Atlantic Canada Opportunities Agency, issued the following statement today on the deaths of two Canadian soldiers and an Afghan interpreter, and the wounding of one soldier and two members of the media: