The unified police agencies, which include the Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP), the Sûreté du Québec (SQ) and the Service de police de la Ville de Québec, report positively on the security measures implemented to ensure public order and security during the Francophonie Summit.
Today, the Minister of Public Safety, the Honourable Stockwell Day, issued a statement following the publication of Commissioner Frank Iacobucci's report.
| Employment and Social Development Canada
| news releases
International data protection authorities (DPAs) concluded their annual meeting in Strasbourg, France by endorsing a resolution brought forward by the Office of the Privacy Commissioner of Canada that called for an international effort to protect the privacy of children online.
| Financial Transactions and Reports Analysis Centre of Canada
| speeches
Thank you for that introduction. FINTRAC has participated in this conference every year with substantial representation since it started and we are pleased to continue that tradition this year.
| Financial Consumer Agency of Canada
| news releases
The Financial Consumer Agency of Canada (FCAC) today released the latest update to its Cost of Banking Guide, a useful interactive web tool which helps consumers shop around for a personal bank account. The tool provides information on over 110 banking packages, including over 40 savings accounts, from 22 different financial institutions.
| Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission
| news releases
The Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission (CRTC) today announced that it will review three requirements associated with the Unsolicited Telecommunications Rules. The Commission is proceeding with this re-examination to ensure that these rules, which include the National Do Not Call List (DNCL) Rules and the Automatic Dialing and Announcing Devices Rules, are applied in a fair and efficient manner.
The Canadian Transportation Agency today released its Guidelines for the Resolution of Complaints Concerning Railway Noise and Vibration under the Canada Transportation Act.
| Canadian Institutes of Health Research
| news releases
Dr. Alain Beaudet, President of the Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR), along with CIHR's Governing Council, announced today the appointment of Dr. Philip M. Sherman as incoming Scientific Director of CIHR's Institute of Nutrition, Metabolism and Diabetes (CIHR-INMD). This appointment is effective January 1, 2009.
| Employment and Social Development Canada
| media advisories
Her Excellency the Right Honourable Michaëlle Jean, Governor General of Canada, will receive the credentials of four new ambassadors in the Ballroom at Rideau Hall, on Tuesday, October 21, 2008, at 2:00 p.m.