On behalf of all Canadians, I extend my heartfelt condolences to the family, friends and loved ones of Pierre DesRoches, a Canadian film and television pioneer.
The Honourable Stockwell Day, Minister of Public Safety, issued this statement following the tragic shooting death of Jordan Manners at C.W. Jefferys Collegiate Institute in Toronto:
Ninety-three years after the Komagata Maru incident, Canada's New Government is taking historic and unprecedented steps to acknowledge and commemorate the tragedy. The Komagata Maru was a Japanese ship carrying 376 passengers, all subjects of the Crown, which was prevented from docking in a Vancouver port and forced to return to India.
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Prime Minister Stephen Harper issued the following statement today on the death of a member of the Snowbirds aerial demonstration team, Captain Shawn McCaughey:
The Honourable Stockwell Day, Minister of Public Safety, today issued the following statement marking Emergency Preparedness Week in Canada, which takes place this year from May 6 to 12.