WINDSOR - The governments of Canada and Ontario, in partnership with the County of Essex, today announced funding for the widening of Essex County Road 22 from Lakeshore Boulevard to Patillo Road. This project is one of several projects under the Let's Get Windsor-Essex Moving strategy. Funding for this strategy comes from the Canada-Ontario Border Infrastructure Fund, a joint commitment by the federal and provincial governments to invest $300 million in the Windsor Gateway
| Treasury Board of Canada Secretariat
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The Honourable Vic Toews, President of the Treasury Board, today announced the coming into force of the Lobbying Act on July 2, 2008, delivering on a key component of the Federal Accountability Act.
The Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA) has confirmed that the case of BSE announced on June 23, 2008, was a five-year-old Holstein cow from British Columbia. As previously noted, no part of the animal's carcass entered the human food supply and no risk materials entered the animal feed system.
| Employment and Social Development Canada
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It is an honour for me to participate in this panel alongside Martin Feldstein and Stanley Fischer. Just as central bankers are forward looking in the conduct of monetary policy, it is entirely appropriate that the BIS coordinate a session that looks beyond price stability to the challenges ahead. With the challenges that we currently face, it is understandable that some may desire greater flexibility in the conduct of monetary policy. However, the value of this greater flexibility depends on the extent to which it detracts from monetary policy credibility. I will concentrate my brief remarks today on the themes of flexibility and credibility.
The Government of Canada announced today an amendment to the Corrections and Conditional Release Regulations (CCRR) that will now include a Dangerous Offender designation among the list of factors that must be considered by the Correctional Service Canada (CSC) before assigning inmates to a lower security classification level.
The Honourable Stockwell Day, Minister of Public Safety, today announced changes to the Correctional Service of Canada's (CSC) Mother-Child Program, after having requested a review of the program in February 2008.
Health Canada has completed a follow-up survey of soft drinks and reconfirms that the benzene levels in these products do not represent a risk to the public.
The Honourable Jean-Pierre Blackburn, Minister of Labour and Minister of the Economic Development Agency of Canada for the Regions of Quebec, today announced the following appointments to the Council of Governors of the Canadian Centre for Occupational Health and Safety (CCOHS): Mr. Matthew Firth as a governor representing workers, Mr. Gordon Lloyd as a governor representing employers, Mr. Murray P. Sunstrum as a governor representing employers, and Ms. Susanna Zagar as governor representing the Province of Ontario. The appointments are effective immediately.
