| Global Affairs Canada | news releases
The Honourable Lawrence Cannon, Minister of Foreign Affairs, today released the following statement further updating the situation following the series of terrorist attacks in Mumbai, India:
| Employment and Social Development Canada | news releases
Earlier today, Her Excellency the Right Honourable Michaëlle Jean, Governor General of Canada, delivered a keynote address on the theme of "Solidarity in a Global World" at Comenius University, in Bratislava, Slovakia. The Governor General is in Bratislava as part of a State visit to four European countries, which takes place from November 24 to December 6, 2008.
| Department of Finance Canada | news releases
The Honourable Jim Flaherty, Minister of Finance, today announced in his 2008 Economic and Fiscal Statement that the Government will take actions to restrain spending, protect Canada's hard-won fiscal advantage and reinforce the stability of our financial system amid this period of global economic uncertainty.
| Global Affairs Canada | news releases
The Consular Affairs Bureau of Foreign Affairs and International Trade Canada publishes information on safety and security conditions abroad. Following is a list of changes made to Current Issues and Travel Reports released in the last 24 hours. This list is subject to change. Please visit www.voyage.gc.ca for further information.
| Innovation, Science and Economic Development Canada | news releases
As Minister of State for Science and Technology, I welcome the announcement that Dr. Stephen Hawking, one of the world's top scientists, has agreed to accept the position of Distinguished Research Chair at the Perimeter Institute for Theoretical Physics in Waterloo, Ontario. Dr. Hawking has made extraordinary contributions to theoretical physics, helping explain the nature and origins of the universe.
| Employment and Social Development Canada | news releases
Good evening. It's a great pleasure to be here. When I last spoke in Nova Scotia three years ago - almost to the day - I discussed the Bank of Canada's role in strengthening the country's financial system to make it resilient to shocks so as to limit damage from inevitable economic and financial storms. It was a timely metaphor, given that I spoke shortly after Hurricane Katrina had breached the levees of New Orleans. We were concerned at that time about the buildup of global economic imbalances, and about the narrowing of risk spreads which suggested that risk was perhaps being underestimated and vulnerable to a sudden reversal. These factors have since proven to be key contributors to the current, worldwide turmoil in financial markets. A third contributing factor, which we didn't foresee, has been the extent to which financial markets had expanded without proper support structures, like a house built on sand. I'll have more to say on this point a bit later in my remarks.
| Health Canada | news releases
Health Canada is advising consumers not to use the unauthorized product, Kwan Loong Medicated Oil, as it contains chloroform. Sale of chloroform for human use is prohibited under the Food and Drug Regulations.
| Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada | statements
The Federal Court recently found that Baljinder Singh Brar, a Canadian citizen convicted of killing his sister-law in India after setting her on fire, is eligible to sponsor his new wife to come to Canada.
| Transportation Safety Board of Canada | news releases
TSB releases final investigation report into the March 29, 2008 capsizing and loss of life aboard L'Acadien II.
| Statistics Canada | news releases
The Daily is Statistics Canada's official release bulletin, the Agency's first line of communication with the media and the public.
