The Honourable Jim Flaherty, Minister of Finance, today tabled in the House of Commons a Notice of Ways and Means Motion proposing tax amendments to help farmers who have had to deplete their breeding herds of grazing livestock as a result of flood or excessive moisture.
Eleven organizations, including local businesses and educational institutions, will receive awards for their support to Canada's Reserve Force, Friday, March 6, 2009. Mrs. Sonja Bata, Ontario Provincial Chair of the Canadian Forces Liaison Council (CFLC), will preside over the ceremony. Organized by the CFLC, the ceremony will be attended by Brigadier General John Collin, Commander Land Force Central Area, and Ms. Valerie Keyes, Executive Director CFLC.
Three Canadian Forces personnel were killed and two were injured when an improvised explosive device detonated near an armoured vehicle during a patrol in the Arghandab District. The incident occurred northwest of Kandahar City at around 5:40 p.m., Kandahar time, on 3 March, 2009.
The Department of Finance announced today that Canada's official international reserves increased by an amount equivalent to US$464 million during February to US$43,193 million.
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 peanut products (butter/paste, as well as whole, crushed, powdered, etc.) that have been recalled in the U.S. and Canada by Peanut Corporation of America (PCA) due to Salmonella contamination.
Canada Revenue Agency (CRA) today announced the prescribed annual interest rates that will apply to any amounts owed to the CRA and to any amounts the CRA owes to individuals and corporations.
The Department of Finance announced further details on the public consultations across Canada on the legislative and regulatory framework for federally regulated private pension plans, which are scheduled to begin March 13.
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Jean-Daniel Lafond and I were deeply saddened to learn that the explosion of an improvised explosive device, 10 km away from Kandahar, took the lives of three Canadian soldiers and seriously injured two of their comrades during their mission in Afghanistan.