| Employment and Social Development Canada | news releases
The management of detentions and removals of individuals ordered to leave Canada has improved since 2003, says the Auditor General of Canada, Sheila Fraser, in her Report tabled today in the House of Commons. The Report says the Canada Border Services Agency has improved its tracking of individuals ready for removal.
| Employment and Social Development Canada | news releases
There are several weaknesses in how Transport Canada has managed the transition to a new approach for overseeing air transportation safety, says the Auditor General of Canada, Sheila Fraser, in her report tabled today in the House of Commons.
| Employment and Social Development Canada | news releases
National Defence has been able to deliver its equipment and supplies to troops who need them in Afghanistan, but only by overcoming supply chain weaknesses with hard work and dedication, says the Auditor General of Canada, Sheila Fraser, in her Report tabled today in the House of Commons.
| Employment and Social Development Canada | news releases
Weaknesses remain in some aspects of infectious disease surveillance by the Public Health Agency of Canada, despite important steps toward improvement since her Office last reported on the issue in 2002, says Sheila Fraser, the Auditor General of Canada, in her Report tabled today in the House of Commons. Created in 2004, the Agency leads federal efforts in the surveillance of infectious diseases.
| Employment and Social Development Canada | news releases
Indian and Northern Affairs Canada (INAC) does not take sufficient account of federal policy requirements in its funding of First Nations agencies to operate child welfare services, says the Auditor General of Canada, Sheila Fraser, in her Report tabled today in the House of Commons. Government policy requires that services to First Nations children on reserves meet provincial standards, be reasonably comparable with services to children off reserves, and be culturally appropriate.
| Employment and Social Development Canada | news releases
Crown corporations have improved their key systems and practices since 2000, when her Office last reported on them, says Sheila Fraser, the Auditor General of Canada, in her Report tabled today in the House of Commons.
| Public Health Agency of Canada | news releases
The Auditor General released a report in the House of Commons on May 6, 2008, and one of its chapters looks at infectious disease surveillance in Canada. The report acknowledges the complexity of disease surveillance, recognizes the positive steps the Public Health Agency of Canada (PHAC) has taken in improving surveillance in Canada, and highlights areas where more progress needs to be made.
| National Defence | news releases
Corporal Michael Starker, of 15 Field Ambulance, was killed today and another soldier was injured when they came under enemy fire during a patrol in the Pashmul region of the Zharey district. The soldiers were immediately evacuated by helicopter to the Canadian-led multinational hospital at Kandahar Airfield, where one soldier was pronounced dead. The other soldier is in fair condition and stable. The incident occurred at about 11:45 a.m. Kandahar time. The families of both members have been notified.
| National Defence | statements
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 a Canadian soldier in Afghanistan:
| Employment and Social Development Canada | news releases
Prime Minister Stephen Harper issued the following statement today on the death of a Canadian soldier in Afghanistan:
