We welcome the TRC's recommendations and underscore our support for one in particular: that the complete history of the residential schools become a mandatory part of school curricula across Canada.
General Tom Lawson, Chief of the Defence Staff, is pleased to announce additional Canadian Armed Forces (CAF) General and Flag Officer senior appointments, promotions and retirements that will occur in 2015. These promotions and appointments support recent decisions on military operations and international contributions and reflect our on-going commitment to operate as a unified CAF, led by Regular and Reserve Force Officers.
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Agriculture Minister Gerry Ritz is leading a mission to Washington, D.C., this week where he will reassert Canada's position that the United States (U.S.) must repeal its protectionist Country of Origin Labelling (COOL) measure for beef and pork that is harming the North American livestock industry or face retaliatory measures.
Canada's Office of Religious Freedom will provide $500,000 in funding to Mennonite Central Committee to support peace education and promote religious dialogue in Iraq and Syria, as well as in Lebanon.
The Honourable Rob Nicholson, P.C., Q.C., M.P. for Niagara Falls, Minister of Foreign Affairs, today concluded a successful visit to Paris, France, for the foreign ministers' meeting of the anti-ISIS Coalition Small Group.
Dave Van Kesteren, Member of Parliament for Chatham-Kent-Essex, on behalf of the Honourable Leona Aglukkaq, Minister of the Environment and Minister responsible for Parks Canada, today highlighted the work of Parks Canada and the Municipality of Leamington to restore important habitat for birds and butterflies, including monarchs, during Environment Week (May 30 - June 6, 2015).
The Honourable Lisa Raitt, Minister of Transport, today announced an expanded Canada-Cuba Air Transport Agreement that allows for more airlines to operate between the two countries
June 2, 2015 - Montreal, Quebec
The Canadian Coast Guard wishes to advise all mariners that while buoy tending operations are in progress throughout the Great Lakes, seasonal buoy tending operations have been delayed on the following waterways:
General Tom Lawson, Chief of the Defence Staff, is pleased to announce that Brigadier-General Jean-Robert Bernier has been unanimously elected as Chair of the Committee of the Chiefs of Military Medical Services in NATO (COMEDS).
Today, the Honourable Lisa Raitt, Canada's Minister of Transport, and the Honourable Rob Nicholson, Minister of Foreign Affairs, were pleased to welcome