| Department of Justice Canada | news releases
The Honourable Rob Nicholson, P.C., Q.C., M.P. for Niagara Falls, Minister of Justice and Attorney General of Canada, today introduced legislation to tackle property theft, including the serious crimes of auto theft and trafficking in property that is obtained by crime.
| National Defence | media advisories
The Honourable Peter Gordon MacKay, Minister of National Defence and Minister for the Atlantic Gateway, and General Walt Natynczyk, Chief of the Defence Staff, will be greeting soldiers returning from their deployment to Afghanistan. There will be just over sixty soldiers returning home on this flight.
| Canadian Food Inspection Agency | news releases
The Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA) is warning the public not to consume the foods described below because these products may be contaminated with Salmonella. These foods contain pistachios that have been recalled in the U.S. and Canada by Setton Pistachio of Terra Bella Inc., due to Salmonella contamination.
| Employment and Social Development Canada | news releases
The Bank of Canada today announced that it is lowering its target for the overnight rate by one-quarter of a percentage point to 1/4 per cent, which the Bank judges to be the effective lower bound for that rate. The Bank Rate is correspondingly lowered to 1/2 per cent. The deposit rate - the rate paid on deposits held by financial institutions at the Bank of Canada - is left unchanged at 1/4 per cent and provides the floor for the overnight rate. Details of the Bank's operating framework at the effective lower bound can be found here.
| Employment and Social Development Canada | news releases
April 21, 2009 ¿ Export Development Canada (EDC) today announced its combined financing and insurance volumes reached $17.4 billion for the first fiscal quarter of this year, an increase of nearly $1 billion over the same period in 2008.
| Canadian Food Inspection Agency | news releases
The Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA) is warning the public not to consume certain green cardamom because the product may be contaminated with Salmonella.
| Employment and Social Development Canada | news releases
Prime Minister Stephen Harper today announced a new program that will help reduce crime and improve security for all Jamaicans.
| Employment and Social Development Canada | news releases
MONTREAL - Support for Quebec's forest sector will be accelerated through the creation of a Canada-Quebec Forestry Task Team announced today by the Honourable Lisa Raitt, Canada's Minister of Natural Resources, and the Honourable Claude Béchard, Quebec's Minister of Natural Resources and Wildlife.
| Global Affairs Canada | news releases
The Consular Affairs Bureau of Foreign Affairs and International Trade Canada publishes information on safety and security conditions abroad. Following is a list of changes made to Current Issues and Travel Reports released in the last 24 hours. This list is subject to change. Please visit www.voyage.gc.ca for further information.
| Transport Canada | news releases
The news release: "Marine Atlantic to honour Canadian Forces with discounted travel" was created by Marine Atlantic in collaboration with Transport Canada.
