Ève Lamont's latest documentary, Le commerce du sexe (The Sex Trade), co-produced by Les Productions du Rapide-Blanc and the NFB, will open on May 1 at Cinéma Excentris in Montreal and Cinéma Cartier in Quebec City, in its original French version.
BLUEWATER, Ontario - Ben Lobb, Member of Parliament for Huron-Bruce, announced today, on behalf of the Honourable Gail Shea, Minister of Fisheries and Oceans, that the Government of Canada will invest in a harbour improvement project at Bayfield Harbour that will provide a safer and more efficient working environment for local fishermen and harbour users.
Andrew Bennett, Canada's Ambassador for Religious Freedom, Head of Canada's Delegation to the International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance, today issued the following statement: "Today marks Yom HaShoah, the international day on which we solemnly commemorate the millions of innocent victims, including six million Jewish men, women and children, who were brutally murdered at the hands of the Nazis during the Holocaust over 70 years ago.
Ted Opitz, Member of Parliament for Etobicoke Centre, on behalf of the Honourable Rob Nicholson, P.C., Q.C., M.P. for Niagara Falls, Minister of Foreign Affairs, will address media on Canadian donations of non-lethal equipment to Ukraine. He will be joined by Bernard Trottier, Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Foreign Affairs and for La Francophonie.
Library and Archives Canada is pleased to announce that it has purchased four watercolours by Robert Hood, a British officer who participated from 1819 to 1821 in an Arctic overland expedition to map the Coppermine River as part of the search for the Northwest Passage.
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The Honourable Bernard Valcourt, Minister of Aboriginal Affairs and Northern Development, today announced that Canada has provided additional support to make First Nation communities on Ontario's James Bay coast safe and well-prepared in the event of spring flooding.
Canada, along with all of you represented here today, is deeply concerned by the growing trend of sexual violence and abuse targeting women and girls in conflict situations.
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Hundreds of people attended a memorial service Thursday evening to mark Yom HaShoah – Holocaust Remembrance Day – to honour the victims of the Holocaust.