On behalf of the Honourable Beverley J. Oda, Minister of Canadian Heritage and Status of Women, the Honourable Carol Skelton, Minister of National Revenue and Member of Parliament (Saskatoon-Rosetown-Biggar), announced funding of $17,100 for the Saskatchewan Aboriginal Women's Circle Corporation. These funds will enable the organization to develop two Aboriginal Women's Self-Governance workshops to be delivered in Prince Albert and Keeseekoose First Nation.
On behalf of the Honourable Beverley J. Oda, Minister of Canadian Heritage and Status of Women, the Honourable Tony Clement, Minister of Health and the Minister for the Federal Economic Development Initiative for Northern Ontario, today announced funding of more than $24,000 for the Nibi Kwewag Committee. These funds will support the organization's Women's Walking Together project, which features a three-day conference on the challenges of contemporary life for Aboriginal women.
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The people of Brandon will soon have a new, environmentally-friendly designed health and fitness centre thanks to a $2.4 million investment from Canada's New Government and the Province of Manitoba, which have made this commitment in partnership with Brandon University and the Brandon YM-YWCA through the Canada-Manitoba Municipal Rural Infrastructure Fund (MRIF).
The Honourable Stockwell Day, Minister of Public Safety, along with the Honourable Wally Oppal, British Columbia Attorney General and Minister responsible for Multiculturalism, on behalf of the Honourable John Les, Minister of Public Safety and Solicitor General, today announced $1,938,000 in funding to prevent youth gang violence in British Columbia.
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Fifty of Canada's most outstanding artists ? including writers Michael Ondaatje, Yann Martel and Nicole Brossard, visual artists Mary Pratt and Joe Fafard, actors/directors Martha Henry and Albert Millaire, and dancers/choreographers Marie Chouinard and John Alleyne ? will be in Ottawa on March 27-28 to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the Canada Council for the Arts.
On behalf of the Honourable Beverley J. Oda, Minister of Canadian Heritage and Status of Women, the Honourable Vic Toews, President of the Treasury Board and Member of Parliament (Provencher), today announced over $1,050,000 in funding for the Manitoba Métis Federation. This funding supports the Manitoba Métis Federation's day-day operations, programs for urban Aboriginal youth, and a Michif Languages Program.
The Honourable Beverley J. Oda, Minister of Canadian Heritage and Status of Women, today announced financial support totalling more than $9.3 million for the cultural sector in the Greater Toronto Area.
I am aware that today is a day chosen by animal rights groups to tell a one-sided, misleading story about the seal hunt. I would like to take this opportunity to highlight to Canadians the Government of Canada's support for the sustainable, economically viable and culturally significant East Coast and Arctic seal hunts.
The Honourable Peter MacKay, Minister of Foreign Affairs and Minister of the Atlantic Canada Opportunities Agency, today issued the following statement in response to the closure by the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) of two of its field offices in Burma:
Lynne Yelich, Member of Parliament for Blackstrap and Parliamentary Secretary to the Honourable Monte Solberg, Minister of Human Resources and Social Development, today announced funding for a Saskatchewan Construction Association project targeted to help Saskatchewan's booming construction industry address current and future human resources requirements.
