The Honourable Greg Thompson, Minister of Veterans Affairs, has ordered the immediate removal of all panels that contained numerous grammatical errors in the French translation at Canada's Vimy Interpretive Centre in France.
The Honourable Lawrence Cannon, Member of Parliament for Pontiac and Minister of Transport, Infrastructure and Communities, on behalf of the Honourable Monte Solberg, Minister of Human Resources and Social Development, announced today the opening of an outreach service site in Isle-Allumettes, making it easier for residents to access the programs and services they need, where and when they need them.
OTTAWA - Experts and other users of digital topographic data will no longer have to pay to use digital versions of government maps and data. The Honourable Gary Lunn, Minister of Natural Resources, today announced that as of April 1, 2007, Natural Resources Canada (NRCan) began making its electronic topographic mapping data available to all users free of charge over the Internet.
OTTAWA -- The Honourable Lawrence Cannon, Minister of Transport, Infrastructure and Communities, today announced the appointment of Ms. Deborah Tropea to the board of directors of the Federal Bridge Corporation Limited for a term of four years.
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The Honourable Jean-Pierre Blackburn, Minister of Labour and Minister of Canada Economic Development, today announced a $125,000 repayable contribution to Grizzly Smokehouse Inc., to enable that company to implement Phase 2 of its productivity enhancement strategy through the acquisition of an automatic packing machine.
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Representatives of the media are invited to attend a news conference during which the Honourable Jean-Pierre Blackburn, Minister of Labour and Minister of Canada Economic Development, will announce the creation of the Advisory Committee for the Nord-Québec region.
The Honourable Monte Solberg, Minister of Human Resources and Social Development, today announced $366,292 in funding for Peacebuilders, a program run by the Youth Canada Association (YOUCAN) designed to help youth at risk become role models for other youth in Edmonton.
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The Honourable Jean-Pierre Blackburn, Minister of Labour and Minister of Canada Economic Development, today announced the awarding of $103,860 in non-repayable funding to the Conseil des industries bioalimentaires de l'île de Montréal (CIBIM) to support its mentoring program for small and medium-sized start-ups and growth firms in the biofood sector.