The Honourable Rob Nicholson, P.C., Q.C., M.P. for Niagara Falls, Minister of Justice and Attorney General of Canada, today announced the following appointments:
The Honourable Robert Castiglio, a lawyer with Castiglio et Associés in Montréal is appointed a Judge of the Superior Court of Québec. Mr. Justice Castiglio is replacing the Honourable Diane Marcelin, in Montréal, who elected to become a supernumerary judge.
The Honourable Rob Nicholson, P.C., Q.C., M.P. for Niagara Falls, Minister of Justice and Attorney General of Canada, today announced the following appointment:
The Honourable Neil A. Sharkey, a lawyer with the Iqaluit Law Chambers, is appointed a Judge of the Nunavut Court of Justice.
The Honourable Rob Nicholson, P.C., Q.C., M.P. for Niagara Falls, Minister of Justice and Attorney General of Canada, today announced the following appointment:
The Honourable Carolyn Layden-Stevenson, a Judge of the Federal Court, Trial Division, in Ottawa Ontario, is appointed a Judge of the Federal Court of Appeal. She replaces Mr. Justice J.E. Sexton, who elected to become a supernumerary judge.
The Honourable Rob Nicholson, P.C., Q.C., M.P. for Niagara Falls, Minister of Justice and Attorney General of Canada, today announced the following appointment:
The Honourable David A. Peddle, a Judge of the Provincial Court of Newfoundland and Labrador, is appointed a Judge of the Trial Division of the Supreme Court of Newfoundland and Labrador.
Ottawa, Ontario, December 12, 2008... The 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. These rates are calculated quarterly in accordance with applicable legislation and will be in effect from January 1 to March 31, 2009.
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The Honourable Jim Prentice, Minister of the Environment will provide a media availability on Canada's progress in negotiations at the United Nations Climate Change Conference in Poznan, Poland.
The Ministry of Health in Zimbabwe has reported an outbreak of cholera affecting all provinces in the country. Cholera is an acute intestinal infection that usually causes diarrhea and/or vomiting. As of December 10, the World Health Organization reports that there have been over 16,000 cases and over 750 deaths in Zimbabwe related to the outbreak. Reports from Ministries of Health in neighbouring countries of South Africa, Botswana and Mozambique have also confirmed cases in regions of their countries.
MIRABEL, Quebec - Christian Paradis, Minister of Public Works and Government Services announced today that the Government of Canada has kept its promise by presenting the first rights of purchase to the Mirabel tenant farmers, under the Sales Program of the 11,000 acres of reserve land at Montreal-Mirabel Airport.