| Employment and Social Development Canada
| media advisories
The Honourable Jim Flaherty, Minister of Finance, will address the Canada-United Kingdom Chamber of Commerce in London, England, on Monday, April 2, 2007. He will also meet with United Kingdom Chancellor of the Exchequer Gordon Brown.
| Canadian Environmental Assessment Agency
| news releases
The Agency is making $20,000 available under its participant funding program to assist groups and/or individuals to take part in the environmental assessment of the Midwest Uranium Mine Development Project.
| Canadian Environmental Assessment Agency
| news releases
The Joint Review Panel for the proposed Kemess North Copper-Gold Mine Project announces today that additional public hearings will take place in Smithers, BC from May 14 to 17, 2007.
On Sunday, March 25, a Fisheries and Oceans (DFO) surveillance flight conducting a routine patrol spotted a dead North Atlantic right whale approximately 75 nautical miles off Yarmouth, Nova Scotia.
The Honourable Tony Clement, Federal Minister of Health, and the Honourable Len Taylor, Saskatchewan Health Minister today announced that Saskatchewan has agreed to establish a Patient Wait Times Guarantee in coronary artery bypass graft surgery by 2010, to be supported by $24.8 million in federal Budget 2007 funding. Saskatchewan will also be eligible to benefit from the $400 million in new funding for Canada Health Infoway, and the $30 million for pilot projects as announced in Budget 2007.
Earlier today, the Canadian Forces (CF) closed out Operation BOREAS, Canada's contribution to European Union Force (EUFOR) peace-support operations in Bosnia-Herzegovina.
| Indigenous and Northern Affairs Canada
| news releases
The Honourable Jim Prentice, Minister of Indian Affairs and Northern Development and Federal Interlocutor for Métis and Non-Status Indians today announced federal efforts to advance negotiations with Haudenosaunee/Six Nations and help bring peace and stability to the Caledonia area.
| Public Service Commission of Canada
| news releases
Maria Barrados, President of the Public Service Commission (PSC) of Canada, today announced that effective April 2, 2007, the PSC will extend the use of a national area of selection (NAOS) to include officer-level positions open to the public in all regions across Canada. Officer-level positions include scientific and professional, administrative and technical functions.
The Honourable Peter MacKay, Minister of Foreign Affairs and Minister of the Atlantic Canada Opportunities Agency, today announced the naming of the Canadian Embassy theatre in Tokyo as the Oscar Peterson Theatre.
The Honourable Stockwell Day, Minister of Public Safety, today announced that Canada's New Government will launch immediately a full, independent investigation into allegations made before the Standing Committee on Public Accounts, related to the administration of the RCMP pension plan.