Statement by the Prime Minister of Canada
| Employment and Social Development Canada | statements
Prime Minister Stephen Harper issued the following statement today on the death of three Canadian soldiers:
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Government of Canada Takes Action to Prevent Crime in Toronto
| Public Safety Canada | news releases
Today, the Honourable Stockwell Day, Minister of Public Safety, announced an investment of more than $4.9 million in funding over three and-half years for a project aimed at preventing and reducing street gang activity in Toronto.
Message from Her Excellency the Right Honourable Michaëlle Jean, Governor General and Commander-Chief of Canada, on the Deaths of Three Canadian Soldiers
| Employment and Social Development Canada | speeches
My husband, Jean-Daniel Lafond, and I are dismayed by the tragic news of the death of Corporal Andrew Paul Grenon, Corporal Michael James Alexander Seggie, and Private Chadwick James Horn of the 2nd Battalion, Princess Patricia's Canadian Light Infantry, based in Shilo, Manitoba. All three, along with five of their comrades, were on patrol in their vehicle when they came under attack. We are deeply saddened that once again, such grief weighs heavily on the greater military family and on all of Canada.
The Government of Canada will invest over $3.5 million in Prince George, B.C. transportation infrastructure
| Transport Canada | news releases
PRINCE GEORGE, B.C. - The federal government, under the Asia-Pacific Gateway and Corridor Initiative, will invest a total of $3.5 million in two road projects in Prince George. This represents a joint investment in excess of $7 million with the City of Prince George. Richard Harris, MP for Cariboo-Prince George, made the announcement today on behalf of the Honourable Lawrence Cannon, Minister of Transport, Infrastructure and Communities and the Honourable James Moore, Secretary of State (Asia-Pacific Gateway) (2010 Olympics) (Official Languages).
Message from the Minister - Canadian Killed in the Democratic Republic of Congo
| Employment and Social Development Canada | speeches
Often aid workers put their lives at risk in order to help vulnerable people in developing countries. Yesterday's plane crash in Congo is a terrible reminder of how perilous their work can be.
Building Canada: Canada and Quebec sign infrastructure agreement
| Housing, Infrastructure and Communities Canada | news releases
The Governments of Canada and Quebec today announced the signing of an infrastructure Framework Agreement worth nearly $4 billion through to 2014 under Building Canada, the Government of Canada's long-term infrastructure plan. The investments made through the Framework Agreement support the 'Québec Infrastructures Plan' announced by the Government of Quebec on October 11, 2007.
Government of Canada supports safe use of zero-emissions, electric low-speed trucks
| Transport Canada | news releases
VANCOUVER, B.C. - Recent changes made to the definition of low-speed vehicles (LSVs) by Transport Canada to include low-speed trucks now allow British Columbia-based low-speed truck manufacturer Canadian Electric Vehicles Ltd. to market its LSV across Canada, announced Brian Jean, Parliamentary Secretary to the Honourable Lawrence Cannon, Minister of Transport, Infrastructure and Communities. Low-speed trucks are designed for use such as grounds keeping, landscaping, and in certain industrial and institutional settings such as campuses and resorts, where they can be operated safely.
Prime Minister Announces Appointments to the Security Intelligence Review Committee
| Employment and Social Development Canada | news releases
Prime Minister Stephen Harper announced today the appointments of Dr. Arthur Thomas Porter and Mr. Denis Losier as members of the Security Intelligence Review Committee (SIRC).
Health Canada Urges the Public to Discard Children's Balloon Blowing Kits
| Health Canada | news releases
Health Canada is advising parents and caregivers of the dangers associated with balloon blowing kits. Anyone having them is urged to immediately take them away from children.
Statement by the Minister of National Defence on the death of three Canadian soldiers
| National Defence | news releases
The Honourable Peter Gordon MacKay, Minister of National Defence and Minister of the Atlantic Canada Opportunities Agency, issued the following statement today on the death of three Canadian soldiers in Afghanistan: