The Canada Border Services Agency (CBSA) reminds travellers that the Chief Mountain port of entry will close for the season at 6 p.m. Mountain Daylight Time on Tuesday, September 30.
Members of the media are invited to an event to mark an important step in the new bridge for the St. Lawrence corridor project with 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, and other invited guests.
| Employment and Social Development Canada
| statements
We, the leaders of Canada and the European Union (EU), meeting today in Ottawa, are committed to strengthening and deepening our strategic partnership that builds on our shared history and values. We reaffirmed our commitment to contributing to our mutual prosperity through our continued cooperation. We discussed the next steps with respect to the Canada-EU Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement (Canada-EU Trade Agreement) and the Strategic Partnership Agreement (SPA), which together mark the beginning of a new, dynamic chapter in relations between Canada and the EU. We have also consulted on plans to strengthen our joint efforts to address international peace and security challenges and other crucial global issues of mutual concern.
On September 25, 2014, at about 7:45 p.m., a lockdown was put in place at Warkworth Institution, a medium security federal institution, to enable staff members to conduct an exceptional search.
| Employment and Social Development Canada
| backgrounders
The Government of Canada's top priority is to create jobs and opportunities for Canadians in every region of the country. A key part of this goal is ensuring that Canadian businesses and investors have the tools, market access and support they need to be globally competitive and prosperous.
| Employment and Social Development Canada
| backgrounders
At the 2007 European Union (EU)–Canada Summit in Berlin, Canadian and EU leaders agree to conduct a joint study examining the costs and benefits of pursuing a closer economic partnership.
The lockdown put in place at the medium security unit at Mission Institution on September 18, 2014 has ended and an exceptional search has been completed. The institution has resumed its normal operations.