The Honourable Lawrence Cannon, Minister of Foreign Affairs, today issued the following statement regarding the judgment delivered by the Special Court for Sierra Leone in the trial of leaders of the Revolutionary United Front (RUF):
The Honourable Peter Gordon MacKay, Minister of National Defence and Minister for the Atlantic Gateway, issued the following statement today on the deaths of three Canadian soldiers in Afghanistan:
VANCOUVER - On Thursday, March 5, the Honourable Lisa Raitt, Minister of Natural Resources, will announce a Government of Canada investment in renewable energy.
The Honourable Lawrence Cannon, Minister of Foreign Affairs, in Brussels for the NATO foreign ministers' meeting from March 4 to 5, 2009, will hold a call back for members of the Canadian media on Thursday, March 5.
The Honourable Lawrence Cannon, Minister of Foreign Affairs, today issued the following statement regarding the warrant issued by the International Criminal Court (ICC) for the arrest of President Omar al-Bashir of Sudan.
The Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA) is warning people with allergies to peanut proteins not to consume the Japanese Style Sesame Mochi described below. The affected product contains peanuts which are not declared on the label.
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.
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The Bank of Canada today announced that it is lowering its target for the overnight rate by one-half of a percentage point to 1/2 per cent. The operating band for the overnight rate is correspondingly lowered, and the Bank Rate is now 3/4 per cent.
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The 2009 Status Reports of the Auditor General of Canada, Sheila Fraser, and Commissioner of the Environment and Sustainable Development, Scott Vaughan, will be tabled in the House of Commons on Tuesday, 31 March 2009.