| Environment and Climate Change Canada
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The Honourable Jim Prentice, Minister of the Environment, today delivered Canada's national statement to delegates at the United Nations Climate Change Conference.
The Honourable Jim Flaherty, Minister of Finance, today launched the Government's national consultation leading into its fourth budget, to be tabled on January 27, 2009.
The Honourable Jean-Pierre Blackburn, Minister of National Revenue, announced today that the Canada Revenue Agency (CRA) will follow its longstanding practice by facilitating the use by taxpayers of tax measures proposed in the 2008 Economic and Fiscal Statement.
The Honourable Gary Lunn, Minister of State (Sport), will take part in the opening ceremonies for the Richmond Olympic Oval, a world-class multi-use community facility that will host the long track speed skating competition for the 2010 Olympic and Paralympic Winter Games. He will be joined by the Honourable James Moore, Minister of Canadian Heritage and Official Languages, as well as Alice Wong, Member of Parliament (Richmond) and John Cummins, Member of Parliament (Delta¿Richmond East).
| Employment and Social Development Canada
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Today, the Advisory Panel on Canada's System of International Taxation provided its recommendations to the Minister of Finance in its final report, Enhancing Canada's International Tax Advantage.
| Employment and Social Development Canada
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December 10, 2008 - Today we are celebrating the 60th anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. The adoption of this Declaration on December 10, 1948 by the United Nations General Assembly marked an extremely significant milestone in the global development of fundamental rights - including privacy.