| Employment and Social Development Canada
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Export Development Canada (EDC) and the International Finance Corporation (IFC), a member of the World Bank Group, announced today a joint workshop on Saturday, February 28, 2009 for mining sector companies on how to increase financing options by enhancing the environmental and social sustainability of their projects.
| Employment and Social Development Canada
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The federal government is expanding assistance to newcomers into 14 more libraries in southern Ontario, Citizenship, Immigration and Multiculturalism Minister Jason Kenney announced today.
| Employment and Social Development Canada
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Prime Minister Stephen Harper and Premier Brad Wall today announced that the Federal and Provincial Governments will accelerate the twinning of Highway 11 between Saskatoon and Prince Albert.
The Honourable James Moore, Minister of Canadian Heritage and Official Languages, announced today at a meeting with students from Simon Fraser University that the Canada-British Columbia Auxiliary Agreement for the Development of Postsecondary Education in French at Simon Fraser University will be extended for an additional year.
| Innovation, Science and Economic Development Canada
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Starting and running a business in the town of Hay River just became easier thanks to BizPaL, a new online business permit and licence service that saves time spent on paperwork and helps entrepreneurs start up faster.
The Honourable Peter Kent, Minister of State of Foreign Affairs (Americas), received Frank Pearl, Colombia's Senior Presidential Adviser for Social and Economic Reintegration, in Ottawa on Friday, February 27, 2009.
The Honourable Peter Gordon MacKay, Minister of National Defence and Minister for the Atlantic Gateway, and the Honourable Greg Kerr, Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Veterans Affairs, will make an announcement regarding the care of ill and injured Canadian Forces (CF) personnel, former personnel, their families and the families of the deceased as follows:
A number of organizations in the fields of arts, culture, and official languages will receive funding from the Government of Canada to foster the advancement of the arts and cultural industries, provide Canadians with the opportunity to participate in events celebrating the history and heritage of specific regions, and highlight Canada's linguistic duality.