| Canadian Heritage | news releases
Avant-garde and innovative artists from across Canada and elsewhere will liven up Montréal dance floors with their warm rhythms for the enjoyment of festival-goers, thanks to an investment by the Government of Canada.
| Employment and Social Development Canada | news releases
The Honourable Beverley J. Oda, Minister of International Cooperation, today welcomed to Canada Secretary General José Miguel Insulza of the Organization of American States (OAS).
| Canada Economic Development for Quebec Regions | news releases
The Honourable Jean-Pierre Blackburn, Minister of Labour and Minister of Canada Economic Development, today announced $700,000 in additional funding from the Government of Canada for the 26th edition of the Just For Laughs Festival. This contribution is awarded on top of the $1 million in financial assistance announced last February by the Honourable Josée Verner, Minister of Canadian Heritage, Status of Women and Official Languages and Minister for La Francophonie.
| Employment and Social Development Canada | news releases
Her Excellency the Right Honourable Michaëlle Jean, Governor General of Canada, has accepted to be the honorary patron of the 4th World Youth Congress to be held from August 10 to 21, 2008, in the City of Québec.
| Global Affairs Canada | news releases
The Honourable David Emerson, Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Trade and Minister for the Pacific Gateway and the Vancouver-Whistler Olympics, today signed a Canada-France Joint Action Plan with his French counterpart, Christine Lagarde, Minister of Economy, Industry and Employment. The signing took place in Paris, where Minister Emerson is attending an international meeting.
| Department of Finance Canada | speeches
The Honourable Jim Flaherty, Minister of Finance, today issued the following statement upon the release of the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development's (OECD) 2008 Economic Survey of Canada.
| Employment and Social Development Canada | media advisories
Her Excellency the Right Honourable Michaëlle Jean, Governor General of Canada, will attend a ceremony for the Statement of Apology to former students of Indian Residential Schools on Wednesday, June 11, 2008 at 4:25 pm in the Reading Room of the Centre Block on Parliament Hill.
| Employment and Social Development Canada | speeches
On behalf of the Government of Canada and all Canadians, Prime Minister Stephen Harper offered an historic formal apology today to former students of Indian Residential Schools and sought forgiveness for the students' suffering and for the damaging impact the schools had on Aboriginal culture, heritage and language.
| Employment and Social Development Canada | news releases
Her Excellency the Right Honourable Michaëlle Jean, Governor General of Canada, will present the 2007 Michener Award for meritorious public service in journalism and the 2008 Michener-Deacon Fellowship on Friday, June 13, 2008, at 6:00 p.m., at Rideau Hall.
| Canadian Heritage | news releases
The heritage and history of the Black Loyalists will be celebrated in Shelburne this summer, thanks to an investment by the Government of Canada.
