| Employment and Social Development Canada | news releases
The Bank of Canada today released its 2009 schedule of eight dates for announcing decisions on its key policy interest rate, and confirmed the announcement dates for the remainder of this year.
| Canada Economic Development for Quebec Regions | news releases
The Honourable Jean-Pierre Blackburn, Minister of Labour and Minister of Canada Economic Development, today announced that CMAC Mining Group will receive $63,865 in repayable funding to purchase a paint and sanding booth which will help it increase its productivity. This project, which will generate an overall investment of $166,355, will translate into the creation of one new position and the consolidation of about 310 existing jobs.
| Canada Revenue Agency | news releases
Lévis, Québec, July 31, 2008... The Honourable Gordon O'Connor, Minister of National Revenue today announced that the federal and all provincial governments have entered into civil settlement agreements with Imperial Tobacco Canada Ltd. and Rothmans, Benson & Hedges to resolve all potential civil claims they may have in relation to the two companies' role in the movement of contraband tobacco in the early 1990s.
| Indigenous and Northern Affairs Canada | news releases
The Honourable Chuck Strahl, Minister of Indian Affairs and Northern Development and Federal Interlocutor for Métis and Non-Status Indians, announced today the appointment of Anton Melnyk to the Sahtu Arbitration Panel.
| Royal Canadian Mounted Police | news releases
The Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP) announced it has concluded a long-running file after two of Canada's largest tobacco companies entered guilty pleas this morning in response to indictable offences under Section 240(1)(a) of the Excise Act.
| Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission | news releases
The Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission (CRTC) today issued the inaugural Communications Monitoring Report. Prior to this year, the Commission had published separate annual monitoring reports for the broadcasting and telecommunications industries.
| Canada Economic Development for Quebec Regions | media advisories
Representatives of the media are invited to a news conference during which the Honourable Jean-Pierre Blackburn, Minister of Labour and Minister of Canada Economic Development, will announce funding to ÉCOlodge Matagami.
| Canadian Heritage | news releases
Residents and visitors to Invermay will have the opportunity to take part in the village's centennial celebration, thanks to an investment by the Government of Canada.
| Global Affairs Canada | news releases
The Consular Affairs Bureau of Foreign Affairs and International Trade Canada publishes information on safety and security conditions abroad. Following is a list of changes made to Current Issues and Travel Reports released in the last 24 hours. This list is subject to change. Please visit www.voyage.gc.ca for further information
| Canada Revenue Agency | news releases
The payments to be made by Imperial Tobacco Canada Ltd. and Rothmans, Benson & Hedges Inc. as a result of civil settlements and criminal pleas entered in court on July 31, 2008 will be distributed to the governments over the next 15 years, based on percentages to which all participating governments have agreed.
