| Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission
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The Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission (CRTC) today announced that telecommunications service providers will no longer be asked to track or report on certain data. The reporting requirements are being lightened because the information is either available from other sources or no longer relevant.
The RCMP has recently deployed a new contingent of police officers to the United Nations Mission in Sudan (UNMIS), bringing the total number of Canadian police in that mission from 5 to 20.
| Employment and Social Development Canada
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The Government of Canada and the Government of New Brunswick are co-operating on more construction of the Fundy Trail Parkway, a major building project that will create and protect hundreds of local jobs, Prime Minister Stephen Harper announced today.
| Employment and Social Development Canada
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New technologies are shrinking our ability to protect our anonymity ¿ a trend being reinforced by laws around the world, according to a new study by leading scholars from Canada, the United States, the United Kingdom, Netherlands and Italy.
| Employment and Social Development Canada
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The Fundy Trail Parkway is a new scenic coastal link that, when completed, will connect Saint John, Sussex and Moncton, New Brunswick. The first phase of the parkway construction has already been completed, as well as much of the design and layout for the second phase, which will complete the connection into Fundy National Park.
| Innovation, Science and Economic Development Canada
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The Honourable Tony Clement, Minister of Industry of Canada, along with the Honourable Murray Coell, Minister of Advanced Education and Labour Market Development of British Columbia, today announced investments totalling more than $455.1 million in 29 projects at post-secondary institutions throughout British Columbia.
The Honourable Jim Flaherty, Minister of Finance, announced today the membership of the Advisory Committee on Financing (ACF). The new committee is part of the comprehensive package of measures the Government put in place in Canada's Economic Action Plan to ensure the availability of financing to Canadian businesses and consumers to support the economy and encourage growth.
The Government of Canada is supporting a project under the Drug Strategy Community Initiatives Fund that will help prevent Alberta youth from using illicit drugs. Rick Casson, Member of Parliament for Lethbridge, made the announcement today on behalf of Leona Aglukkaq, Minister of Health.
| Western Economic Diversification Canada
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The Government of Canada will help stage the third largest sporting event in the world when B.C. welcomes visitors to the World Police and Fire Games from July 31-August 9, 2009, thanks to funding from Western Economic Diversification. The announcement was made today by the Honourable Lynne Yelich, Minister of State for Western Economic Diversification.