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Canada's leadership in the extractive resource sector is helping to fight global poverty

| Global Affairs Canada | news releases

Today, on the occasion of the CEO Summit of the Devonshire Initiative, the Honourable Christian Paradis, Minister of International Development and La Francophonie, re-affirmed Canada's commitment to promoting responsible oil, gas and mining development to help move the world's most vulnerable from poverty to prosperity.


Canadian Wheat Alliance, KWS, and Syngenta collaborate to improve wheat breeding efficiency

| National Research Council Canada | news releases

Over the next four years, the Canadian Wheat Alliance (CWA) and two of the world's leading plant breeding companies, KWS and Syngenta Inc., will partner to develop high-quality wheat plants by improving existing doubled haploid technologies. These methods expose immature grains to treatments that double the genetic material and reduce the length of crop improvement cycles. This collaboration capitalizes on the specific expertise of each partner and the strength of their combined proficiencies, technologies, and infrastructures.


Baird Announces Measures to Counter ISIL's Brutal Acts of Sexual Violence

| Global Affairs Canada | news releases

Foreign Affairs Minister John Baird announced in the House of Commons today that Canada will undertake renewed action, in coordination with our allies and partners, to respond to the heinous acts of sexual violence and other human rights abuses being committed by ISIL, the so-called Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant, against women and children.


Minister Rob Moore Highlights Government of Canada's Support for Infrastructure to the Union of Municipalities of New Brunswick

| Infrastructure Canada | news releases

The Honourable Rob Moore, Regional Minister for New Brunswick and Minister of State (Atlantic Canada Opportunities Agency), spoke today at the Union of Municipalities of New Brunswick (UMBM) regional conference regarding the New Building Canada Plan, the renewed federal Gas Tax Fund Agreement with New Brunswick and what they mean for municipalities across the province.


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