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Silke Horstkotte, a German Literature professor at Universität Leipzig (Germany) has been awarded this year's John G. Diefenbaker Award by the Canada Council for the Arts. The award, worth up to $75,000, enables a scholar who is a German citizen to spend up to 12 months in Canada to pursue research in the social sciences and humanities.
The Government of Canada today expressed its deep disappointment, concern, and opposition to the vote by the European Parliament to move towards a ban on products from Canada's humane and sustainable seal hunt.
On behalf of the Government of Canada and all Canadians, I would like to congratulate our athletes who gave medal winning performances at the 2009 Canada Cup on the weekend. This competition is the fourth stop on the FINA Grand Prix circuit.
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You'd think people with mental illness would never be able to do something as terrifying as stand-up comedy. Vancouver-based counsellor and stand-up comic David Granirer, and his newly trained group of Ottawa-based Stand Up For Mental Health comics, are going to prove you wrong.
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May 5, 2009 - Export Development Canada (EDC) and National Bank Financial Group today announced that National Bank of Canada has become the first major Canadian financial institution to adopt EDC's enhanced Export Guarantee Program, enabling it to advance more loans to Canadian small- and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs).
The Honourable Jean-Pierre Blackburn, Minister of National Revenue and Minister of State (Agriculture), and the Honourable Jim Flaherty, Minister of Finance, today accepted a card, signed by Canadians from across the country, thanking the Government of Canada for introducing the Tax-Free Savings Account (TFSA) in the 2008 Budget.
Minister of Health Leona Aglukkaq and the Chief Public Health Officer, Dr. David Butler-Jones, today confirmed 25 new cases of H1N1 flu virus, bringing the total number of laboratory confirmed cases in Canada to 165.
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Mr. Ed Komarnicki, Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Human Resources and Skills Development and to the Minister of Labour and Member of Parliament for Souris¿Moose Mountain, today spoke to members of the Building and Construction Trades Department about investments the Government of Canada is making through its Economic Action Plan in social housing-related infrastructure and apprenticeships.
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The Honourable Christian Paradis, Minister of Public Works and Government Services and Member of Parliament for Mégantic-L'Érable, today announced federal support to improve the facilities and equipment of the Unité Domrémy de Plessisville inc., under the Government of Canada's New Horizons for Seniors Program.
