| Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada | news releases
Member of Parliament Chungsen Leung, on behalf of Agriculture Minister Gerry Ritz, announced today an investment of over $2.1 million to the Canadian Food Exporters Association (CFEA) to help the Canadian food processing industry gain and maintain access to new international markets.
| Environment and Climate Change Canada | news releases
On April 2, 2015, Ensign Well Servicing Inc. was ordered to pay a penalty of $185,000 in Alberta Provincial Court after pleading guilty to the deposit of a deleterious substance into water frequented by fish, which is an offence under the Fisheries Act.
| Correctional Service Canada | news releases
The lockdown put in place at Edmonton Institution on April 1, 2015 has ended and an exceptional search has been completed. The institution has resumed its normal operations.
| Employment and Social Development Canada | news releases
The Government of Canada is helping Canadians with disabilities gain the skills and experience they need to find jobs. The announcement was made today by the Honourable Peter Van Loan, Leader of the Government in the House of Commons and Member of Parliament for York–Simcoe, and Corneliu Chisu, Member of Parliament for Pickering–Scarborough East, on behalf of the Honourable Candice Bergen, Minister of State for Social Development.
| National Defence | news releases
The 2015 season of the National Sentry Program launched today, as the first sentries were posted at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier in front of the National War Memorial.
| Employment and Social Development Canada | media advisories
The Honourable Bernard Valcourt, Minister of Aboriginal Affairs and Northern Development and Scott Armstrong, Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Employment and Social Development, and Member of Parliament for Cumberland¿Colchester¿Musquodoboit Valley, on behalf of the Honourable Pierre Poilievre, Minister of Employment and Social Development, will make an important announcement in support of skills and training for Aboriginal people.
| Indigenous and Northern Affairs Canada | backgrounders
An Agreement-Principle is the fourth stage in the B.C. treaty negotiation process. It is not a legally binding agreement, but forms the basis for the next stage of negotiations, which are aimed at reaching legally binding Final Agreements with each of the Te'mexw Member First Nations ¿¿ the Songhees, Beecher Bay, T'Sou-ke, Malahat and Snaw-Naw-As (Nanoose) First Nations.
| Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada | news releases
The Honourable Ed Holder, Minister of State (Science and Technology), today visited the University of Toronto Mississauga campus with Bob Dechert, Member of Parliament for Mississauga-Erindale and Parliamentary Secretary for the Minister of Justice, where he announced 150 new and renewed Canada Research Chairs at 36 postsecondary institutions across the country.
| Department of Justice Canada | media advisories
The Honourable Peter MacKay, P.C., Q.C., M.P. for Central Nova, Minister of Justice and Attorney General of Canada, accompanied by Bob Dechert, M.P. for Mississauga-Erindale and Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Justice, will make a funding announcement.
| Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada | statements
Today the Supreme Court of Canada rejected the leave application to continue with the class action lawsuit brought by the Friends of the Canadian Wheat Board (Dennis et al) against the Government for removing the single-desk monopoly of the Canadian Wheat Board.
