| Transport Canada | news releases
OTTAWA -- The Honourable Lawrence Cannon, Minister of Transport, Infrastructure and Communities, today announced $967,500 in funding to enhance transit security in Ontario.
| Transport Canada | news releases
WINNIPEG -- The Honourable Vic Toews, President of the Treasury Board, on behalf of the Honourable Lawrence Cannon, Minister of Transport, Infrastructure and Communities, today announced $99,750 in funding to enhance transit security in Winnipeg. This Transit-Secure funding provides the transit operator for the City of Winnipeg with financial assistance to carry out risk assessments and to develop security plans.
| Transport Canada | news releases
REGINA -- The Honourable Carol Skelton, Minister of National Revenue, on behalf of the Honourable Lawrence Cannon, Minister of Transport, Infrastructure and Communities, today announced $105,000 in funding to enhance transit security in Saskatchewan.
| Transport Canada | news releases
CALGARY -- The Honourable Jim Prentice, Minister of Indian Affairs and Northern Development, on behalf of the Honourable Lawrence Cannon, Minister of Transport, Infrastructure and Communities, today announced $86,250 in funding to enhance transit security in Alberta. The City of Lethbridge will receive $30,000 and the City of Red Deer, $56,250, to carry out risk assessments and to develop security plans.
| Transport Canada | news releases
VANCOUVER -- The Honourable Chuck Strahl, Minister of Agriculture and Agri-Food, and Minister for the Canadian Wheat Board, on behalf of the Honourable Lawrence Cannon, Minister of Transport, Infrastructure and Communities, today announced $300,000 in funding to enhance transit security in British Columbia. These funds will provide B.C. Transit with financial assistance to carry out risk assessments and to develop security plans.
| Transport Canada | news releases
OTTAWA -- The Honourable Lawrence Cannon, Minister of Transport, Infrastructure and Communities today announced new projects to enhance rail and transit security under Transit-Secure, the Government of Canada's $80-million passenger rail and urban transit security contribution program. Under the program's second round of funding, up to $2 million will be provided to rail and urban transit operators outside Canada's six major urban areas, as well as inter-city rail and bus companies.
| Global Affairs Canada | media advisories
The Honourable David Emerson, Minister of International Trade and Minister for the Pacific Gateway and the Vancouver-Whistler Olympics, will deliver the keynote speech at the International Trade Dinner and Export Awards of the Surrey Board of Trade in Surrey, British Columbia, on April 4, 2007.
| Global Affairs Canada | news releases
The Honourable Peter MacKay, Minister of Foreign Affairs and Minister of the Atlantic Canada Opportunities Agency, today issued the following statement in response to President Yushchenko ordering the dissolution of Ukraine's parliament:
| Service Canada | news releases
Steven Blaney, Member of Parliament for Lévis-Bellechasse, on behalf of the Honourable Monte Solberg, Minister of Human Resources and Social Development, today announced funding of $289,082 for the SEMPRO project, which will help youth acquire vital social and occupational skills.
| Service Canada | news releases
Mr. Dick Harris, Member of Parliament for Cariboo, Prince George, on behalf of the Honourable Monte Solberg, Minister of Human Resources and Social Development, today announced funding of more than $4.4 million for the North Island Employment Foundations Society, which helps people looking for jobs in Campbell River and the surrounding areas.
