Today, on the occasion of the CEO Summit of the Devonshire Initiative, Minister Paradis announced Canada's support to the following development projects:
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.
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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.
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.
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A spontaneous burst of affection and excitement, frozen in time by a newspaper photographer's lightning-fast reflexes, the "Wait for Me Daddy" photograph became famous to a generation.
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Department of Finance officials will provide a background telephone briefing on the upcoming meetings of G-20 Finance Ministers and Central Bank Governors, International Monetary Fund and World Bank, being held in Washington, DC, October 8-11, 2014.
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.