October 8, 2014 - Moncton, New Brunswick
On behalf of the Honourable Gail Shea, Minister of Fisheries and Oceans, Tilly O'Neill Gordon, Member of Parliament for Miramichi, today announced that, under the second round of the Recreational Fisheries Conservation Partnerships Program, the Government of Canada will provide close to $126,000 for four projects to conserve fish habitat in the region of Miramichi.
Erin O'Toole, Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of International Trade, today endorsed the Joint Forward Plan developed by the Canada-United States Regulatory Cooperation Council (RCC) at a meeting of more than 400 regulators and stakeholders from both sides of the border, including more than 80 Canadian business and industry representatives from 22 sectors, in Washington, D.C. Parliamentary Secretary O'Toole and the other meeting participants discussed how the work under the 2011 Joint Action Plan and new Joint Forward Plan will further Canada-U.S. regulatory alignment, recognize integrated supply chains and increase North American competitiveness.
"ISIL is a terrorist group that poses an active threat not only to the region but also to us here in Canada. Its members are raping and pillaging across the Middle East; committing acts of genocide; beheading Western journalists; kidnapping women and selling them into slavery; abusing and torturing children, and planning attacks on this country. Left unchecked, ISIL represents a serious danger to the national security of this country and to Canadians.
Today, the Minister of International Development and La Francophonie, the Honourable Christian Paradis, gave a formal speech at the opening session of the International Conference on the Future of Francophone Media.
The Honourable Ed Fast, Minister of International Trade, today encouraged Canadian start-up companies in the information and communication technologies, digital media, sustainable technologies and health-care sectors to access global market opportunities offered by the Canadian Technology Accelerator (CTA) program by taking part in the current recruitment campaign.
