On June 16, 2015, Elizabeth "Lisa" Large, doing business as International Au Pair Canada, International Au Pair and International Homestays, was sentenced for counselling foreign nationals to misrepresent or withhold material facts as to their coming to Canada to work as caregivers of children, contrary to section 126 of the Immigration and Refugee Protection Act (IRPA). Large was sentenced to a 15-month conditional sentence order, including five months of house arrest, as well as 100 hours of community service and a $15,000 fine.
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Industry Minister James Moore today announced the appointment of Michael Denham as President of the Business Development Bank of Canada (BDC), effective August 10, 2015.
On June 29, 2015, Gordon Campbell, High Commissioner for Canada to the United Kingdom and Lee McDonough, Director, Office for Nuclear Development, Department for Energy and Climate Change signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) between Natural Resources Canada (NRCan) and the Department of Energy and Climate Change (DECC) of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland (U.K.). The MOU is for the purpose of Enhancing Cooperation in the Field of Civil Nuclear Energy.
Members of the media are invited to attend an important infrastructure event with Dave Van Kesteren, Member of Parliament for Chatham–Kent–Essex, on behalf of the Honourable Denis Lebel, Minister of Infrastructure, Communities and Intergovernmental Affairs, and Minister of the Economic Development Agency of Canada for the Regions of Quebec; Kathryn McGarry, Member of Provincial Parliament for Cambridge, on behalf of the Honourable Brad Duguid, Minister of Economic Development, Employment and Infrastructure; and His Worship John Paterson, Mayor of Leamington.
The Honourable Greg Rickford, Canada's Minister of Natural Resources, today announced the signing of a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with the United Kingdom (U.K.) on nuclear energy cooperation. This MOU will help position Canada's nuclear industry to capture opportunities in the growing U.K. nuclear energy market.
John Williamson, Member of Parliament for New Brunswick Southwest, on behalf of the Honourable Denis Lebel, Minister of Infrastructure, Communities and Intergovernmental Affairs and Minister of the Economic Development Agency of Canada for the Regions of Quebec, today announced $130,074 in federal funding for wastewater infrastructure upgrades in McAdam. Mr. Williamson was joined by John Ames, Member of the Legislature for Charlotte–Campobello, on behalf of the Honourable Brian Kenny, New Brunswick Minister of Environment and Local Government, and Frank Carroll, Mayor of McAdam.
The Honourable Rob Moore, Regional Minister for New Brunswick, Minister of State (Atlantic Canada Opportunities Agency) and Member of Parliament for Fundy Royal, on behalf of the Honourable Denis Lebel, Minister of Infrastructure, Communities and Intergovernmental Affairs and Minister of the Economic Development Agency of Canada for the Regions of Quebec, today announced $97,085 in federal funding for wastewater infrastructure upgrades in Petitcodiac. Minister Moore was joined by Bernard LeBlanc, Member of the Legislative Assembly for Memramcook–Tantramar, on behalf of Brian Kenny, New Brunswick Minister of Environment and Local Government, and Gerald Gogan, Mayor of the Village of Petitcodiac.
The Department of National Defence has received $452 million for the repair and upgrade of Canadian Armed Forces facilities. Revitalized defence infrastructure across Canada will provide the Canadian Armed Forces with the facilities they need to provide support to troops and military families,
