The Honourable Stockwell Day, Minister of International Trade and Minister for the Asia-Pacific Gateway, will travel to Panama City, Panama, from December 9 to 10 to attend the first ministerial meeting of the Pathways to Prosperity in the Americas initiative.
The Canada Revenue Agency (CRA) has revoked the charitable registration of the Fondation des Arts H.B. Ltée/H.B. Arts Foundation Ltd., a Montréal-area charity. This revocation was effective December 6, 2008.
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Her Excellency the Right Honourable Michaëlle Jean, Governor General of Canada, will preside over an Order of Canada investiture ceremony at Rideau Hall, on Friday, December 12, at 10:30 a.m.
TORONTO - Workers in Canada's growing solar-energy sector will receive additional skills support from the Government of Canada, the Honourable Lisa Raitt, Minister of Natural Resources, announced today.
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The first of a large group of Bhutanese refugees will be arriving in Canada today, announced Jason Kenney, Minister of Citizenship, Immigration and Multiculturalism.
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The government is committed to protecting the integrity of the refugee protection system and the immigration system, the Honourable Jason Kenney, Minister of Citizenship, Immigration and Multiculturalism, said today.
Given concerns raised by recent CBC/Radio Canada broadcasts, the RCMP has undertaken a review of its national inventory of Conducted Energy Weapons (CEWs) and has identified 24 TASER Model X-26 units acquired by the RCMP prior to January 1st, 2006. It has directed that these units be removed from service and undergo testing.
Comments made by Sea Shepherd Conservation Society (SSCS) President Paul Watson regarding the humane harvest by Inuit hunters of narwhals trapped in ice near Pond Inlet, Nunavut, have crossed the line beyond reasonable dissent.