The Honourable Lisa Raitt, Minister of Transport, today announced the appointment of Ms. Patricia Anne Kennedy of Delta, British Columbia, to the board of the Canadian Air Transport Security Authority for a three-year term
The Honourable Lisa Raitt, Minister of Transport, today announced the appointment of Ms. Carol Alexandra Kerfoot of Vancouver, to the board of the Vancouver Fraser Port Authority for a term ending on September 25, 2016
The Honourable Rob Nicholson, P.C., Q.C., M.P. for Niagara Falls, Minister of Foreign Affairs, today issued the following statement:
"Canada is appalled by today's terrorist attack at Garissa University College in Kenya, which has claimed the lives of many innocent students.
On April 1, 2015, Mason Atkins, an inmate at Kent Institution was found in need of medical attention. Staff members immediately began performing CPR and emergency services were called. The offender was taken to the Chilliwack Hospital where he was pronounced dead at 21:13.
Her Majesty's Canadian Ship Whitehorse, in collaboration with the U.S. Coast Guard and U.S. Navy, assisted with the interception of more than 5200 kg of cocaine in international waters of the Eastern Pacific Ocean off the coast of Costa Rica as part of Operation CARIBBE in early March.
The Honourable Rob Nicholson, P.C., Q.C., M.P., Minister of Foreign Affairs, today issued the following statement:
"Once again, the so-called Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant [ISIL] has demonstrated its contempt for the sanctity of human life through its March 31 attack on the Syrian town of Al Maboujeh, on the outskirts of Salamiyeh. Reports indicate that over 40 people, mostly civilians, were killed, and that dozens more were injured. An unknown number of civilians were also reportedly abducted by the terrorist group. As ISIL continues its campaign to seize territory in Syria, innocent people such as those in Salamiyeh are at risk.
The Honourable Rob Nicholson, P.C., Q.C., M.P., Minister of Foreign Affairs, today issued the following statement:
"A nuclear Iran would provoke a nuclear arms race in the Middle East and would be an enormously destabilizing development. For this reason, Canada firmly believes that every diplomatic measure must be taken to ensure Iran never obtains a nuclear weapons capability.
Prime Minister Stephen Harper announces the awarding of a contract for the construction and lease of the new Public Service Pay Centre in Miramichi, New Brunswick.