The Honourable Senator Jean-Guy Dagenais, on behalf of the Honourable Steven Blaney, Minister of Public Safety and Emergency Preparedness, will attend the 2014 Scott FireFit Championships.
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The Canada Employment Insurance Commission (CEIC) today announced that the EI Maximum Insurable Earnings (MIE) for 2015 will increase to $49,500 from $48,600 in 2014. The MIE is indexed on an annual basis and represents the ceiling up to which EI premiums are collected and the maximum amount considered in applications for EI benefits.
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The Canadian International Trade Tribunal today initiated an inquiry to determine whether the dumping and subsidizing of concrete reinforcing bar originating in or exported from the People's Republic of China, the Republic of Korea and the Republic of Turkey have caused injury or retardation or are threatening to cause injury. This final injury inquiry was initiated further to a notice received from the Canada Border Services Agency stating that preliminary determinations had been made respecting the dumping and subsidizing of the above-mentioned goods.
Foreign Affairs, Trade and Development Canada today issued the following information regarding the Canada-European Union Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement (CETA) and the Canadian marine shipping industry.
The Canada Border Services Agency (CBSA) advises travellers that on September 15, the number of lanes at the Prescott port of entry will be reduced from four to two lanes between 8 a.m. and 4 p.m. due to construction work. This work could possibly extend to September 16.
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His Excellency the Right Honourable David Johnston, Governor General of Canada, will be joined by Mr. Wayne G. Wouters, Clerk of the Privy Council, Secretary to the Cabinet and Head of the Public Service, to present the Public Service Award of Excellence 2014, at Rideau Hall, on Tuesday, September 16, 2014, at 10 a.m.
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Export Development Canada (EDC) today announced financing of Euro 123 M to Hispasat, a Spanish satellite telecommunications operator, for the construction of a satellite by Canada's MacDonald, Dettwiler and Associates Ltd (MDA), and its SSL subsidiary.
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Prime Minister Stephen Harper and His Holiness Pope Tawadros II, Pope of Alexandria and Patriarch of the See of St. Mark tour the new St. Mark's Coptic Orthodox Cathedral in Markham