| Women and Gender Equality Canada | statements
Madam Chair, distinguished delegates, Canada welcomes the opportunity to work with you and with our civil society partners as we participate in this ten-year review of the implementation of the commitments we made in Beijing in 1995 and at the Beijing +5 meeting in 2000.
| Employment and Social Development Canada | statements
The trans-Atlantic relationship has withstood the stresses of time, because we are drawn together by common interests and values. But this extraordinary and successful partnership must be nurtured or it will wither.
| Employment and Social Development Canada | statements
Every year, hundreds of thousands of Canadians are diagnosed with or die of cancer. It affects not only those with cancer, but their families, their friends and colleagues and the organizations that assist them. The impact of preventable disease affects us all, in terms of our economy, our communities and in increased health care costs.
| Fisheries and Oceans Canada | statements
Fisheries and Oceans Canada (DFO) is committed to strictly enforcing existing regulations prohibiting the hunting and sale, barter or trade of blueback seals.
| Employment and Social Development Canada | statements
"I was privileged this past spring to travel to France for ceremonies marking the 60th anniversary of D-Day. I watched as veterans stepped again on the sands of the Normandy coast and stared out into the waters, which six decades before had held so many Allied warships that, in the words of one solider, it was as though you could jump from one to another, right across the English Channel. I stood and talked with veterans at the Canadian War Cemetery at Beny-Mer, a place of great beauty and a poignant shrine to valour and sacrifice.
| Employment and Social Development Canada | statements
The Public Health Agency of Canada, provinces and territories have put in place a national plan to ensure an adequate flu vaccine supply for people in highest risk groups. Per capita, more Canadians receive the flu shot than residents of any other country. The flu vaccine is the best protection against the flu virus, so it is encouraging to see that even more Canadians are getting the flu shot this season than ever before.
| Employment and Social Development Canada | statements
As part of the Public Health Agency's ongoing efforts to evaluate potential risks for blood transfusion and transplantation, researchers have investigated whether simian foamy virus can be transmitted through blood transfusion. Using an animal model, researchers demonstrated that simian foamy virus can be transmitted through blood from one non-human primate to another. Although this virus is not known to cause disease or health conditions in people or animals, this new research identifies an emerging issue related to the safety and adequacy of Canada's blood supply
| Employment and Social Development Canada | statements
'Let me express my regret at being unable to participate in the roundtable session today. I wish you well as you exchange ideas, as you talk about your own experiences so that together we may learn from each other and build better governments for the people we represent.
| Department of Finance Canada | statements
The global recovery has advanced in most regions since the last time we met in April 2004. The prospects for strong growth are good in the short run, but some risks remain.
| Department of Finance Canada | statements
Sixty years ago, finance ministers assembled in Bretton Woods and created the World Bank and the International Monetary Fund (IMF), endowing them the noble mandate of raising economic growth and increasing economic and financial stability, thereby reducing poverty.
