| Department of Finance Canada | media advisories
The Honourable Jim Flaherty, Minister of Finance, will be a keynote speaker at the 16th Annual National Conference on Public-Private Partnerships hosted by the Canadian Council for Public-Private Partnerships, on Monday, November 24, 2008. The Minister will begin speaking at approximately 12:00 p.m. (noon).
| Employment and Social Development Canada | news releases
Scott Reid, the Member of Parliament for Lanark - Frontenac - Lennox and Addington will serve as Deputy Government House Leader, Prime Minister Stephen Harper announced today.
| Employment and Social Development Canada | news releases
Export Development Canada (EDC) today announced the signing of a cooperative agreement with the Private Investment Promotion Agency of Peru (Proinversion) to exchange information about mutually beneficial business opportunities.
| Transport Canada | news releases
OWEN SOUND, ONTARIO - The most advanced marine simulation and research centre in Canada officially opened today at the Owen Sound Campus of Georgian College. Mr. Larry Miller, the Member of Parliament for Bruce-Grey-Owen Sound, on behalf of John Baird, Canada's Transport Minister, the Honourable Donna Cansfield, Ontario's Minister of Natural Resources, and Mr. Brian Tamblyn, president and chief executive officer of Georgian College, were present for the grand opening and launch of the centre
| Employment and Social Development Canada | news releases
Harold Albrecht, the Member of Parliament for Kitchener - Conestoga will serve as Deputy Government Whip, Prime Minister Stephen Harper announced today.
| Employment and Social Development Canada | news releases
Harold Albrecht, the Member of Parliament for Kitchener - Conestoga will serve as Deputy Government Whip, Prime Minister Stephen Harper announced today.
| National Defence | news releases
LtGen Andrew Leslie, Chief of the Land Staff, today announced that a Board of Inquiry has been convened at CFB Kingston to investigate the circumstances surrounding the allegations made last June of assault by Afghan National Security Forces members in the Kandahar Province, Afghanistan, in late 2006 or early 2007.
| Global Affairs Canada | news releases
The Honourable Lawrence Cannon, Minister of Foreign Affairs, welcomed the adoption of a resolution on the human rights situation in Iran, following a vote at the Third Committee of the United Nations General Assembly earlier today. "The adoption of this resolution is a clear signal of the international community's concern for the human rights of people in Iran. It sends a message of hope to the victims of state-sponsored brutality and to the human rights defenders who seek to effect positive change in Iran," said Minister Cannon. "At the same time, the Iranian regime is called upon to respect fully its human rights obligations, in law and in practice."
| Canadian Food Inspection Agency | news releases
The Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA) is warning people with sensitivity to sulphites not to consume the Six Fortune brand Papaya Cake and Strawberry Cake products described below. The affected products contain sulphites which are not declared on the label.
| National Defence | statements
The Honourable Peter Gordon MacKay, Minister of National Defence and Minister for the Atlantic Gateway, today released the following statement at the conclusion of the Regional Command South meetings in Cornwallis, Nova Scotia:
