| Employment and Social Development Canada | news releases
The Honourable Monte Solberg, Minister of Human Resources and Social Development today announced that Canada's New Government will invest $2,864,481 in a project, Preparing a Nursing Workforce to Advance Health Services, to address the critical nursing shortage in Canada's health sector.
| Transportation Safety Board of Canada | news releases
TSB appears before Railway Safety Act Review Advisory Panel.
| Employment and Social Development Canada | news releases
The Privacy Commissioner of Canada, Jennifer Stoddart, today announced the conclusion of her Office's investigation of the Society for Worldwide Interbank Financial Telecommunication (SWIFT), a European-based financial cooperative, that supplies messaging services and interface software to a large number of financial institutions in more than 200 countries, including Canada.
| Service Canada | news releases
Effective April 2, 2007, British Columbia parents of newborns will be able to use a single application form to apply for both their child's birth certificate and Social Insurance Number (SIN).
| Western Economic Diversification Canada | news releases
Saskatchewan researchers and entrepreneurs will now be better able to take new technologies and research into the marketplace, thanks to more than $6.2 million in federal and provincial government funding that makes a new centre connected with the University of Regina a reality.
| Canadian Heritage | news releases
On behalf of the Honourable Beverley J. Oda, Minister of Canadian Heritage and Status of Women, Blaine Calkins, Member of Parliament (Wetaskiwin), today announced $232,470 in funding for the Assembly of First Nations (AFN) Alberta Regional Office to support community-based First Nations language projects in Alberta.
| Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada | news releases
Ottawa, Ontario, April 2, 2007 - The Honourable Diane Finley, Minister of Citizenship and Immigration, today announced the designations of Ken Sandhu as Deputy Chair of the Immigration and Refugee Board (IRB), and Lois Figg as the IRB Assistant Deputy.
| Employment and Social Development Canada | news releases
Mr. Merv Tweed, Member of Parliament for Brandon-Souris, on behalf of the Honourable Monte Solberg, Minister of Human Resources and Social Development, today announced funding of $33,000 for the Westman Recovery Inc. project. Funding is being provided under the National Homelessness Initiative (NHI).
| Public Safety Canada | news releases
The Honourable Stockwell Day, Minister of Public Safety, today announced the recent deployment of 12 Canadian civilian police officers to help train and assist the Afghanistan National Police. The recent deployment of these officers now brings the total number of Canadian civilian and military police in Afghanistan to 36.
| Employment and Social Development Canada | news releases
Prime Minister Stephen Harper today announced that Robert F. Benson, the current Deputy Ethics Commissioner, has been appointed to serve as Interim Ethics Commissioner, following the resignation of Bernard Shapiro. This appointment is effective April 2, 2007.
