| Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada
| statements
The Honourable Jason Kenney, Minister for Multiculturalism,
and the Honourable Tim Uppal, Minister of State for Multiculturalism, issued the following statement to mark the celebration of Vaisakhi.
| Employment and Social Development Canada
| statements
Prime Minister Stephen Harper today issued the following statement announcing that he is dispatching Foreign Affairs Minister John Baird to Central and Eastern Europe, from April 22-28, 2014. His visit will include stops in the Czech Republic, Slovakia, Poland, Latvia, and Estonia.
Canadians are invited to pay their respect to the Honourable Jim Flaherty, Member of the Queen's Privy Council for Canada, Member of Parliament for Whitby–Oshawa and former Finance Minister.
| Financial Consumer Agency of Canada
| statements
Ottawa, Ontario – The following statement was released today by Lucie Tedesco, Commissioner of the Financial Consumer Agency of Canada (FCAC) on the passing of former Finance Minister, the Honourable Jim Flaherty.
The Honourable Steven Blaney, Minister of Public Safety and Emergency Preparedness, today issued the following statement on the tabling of the Government response to the final report of the Standing Senate Committee on National Security and Defence, entitled Conduct Becoming: Why the Royal Canadian Mounted Police must Transform its Culture.