SEPT-ÎLES -Tshiuetin Rail Transportation will proceed with capital improvements to the passenger rail service between Sept-Îles and Schefferville, Quebec, through Emeril, Newfoundland and Labrador, thanks to an investment by the Government of Canada.
The Honourable Jim Flaherty, Minister of Finance, today issued the following statement regarding the plan to restructure third-party asset-backed commercial paper:
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The Canadian Environmental Assessment Agency (the Agency) is making available $60,000 under its participant funding program to assist groups and/or individuals to take part in the environmental assessment of the proposed project.
PORT AUX BASQUES, NL -The Honourable Loyola Hearn, Minister of Fisheries and Oceans, on behalf of the Honourable Lawrence Cannon, Minister of Transport, Infrastructure and Communities, today announced the Government of Canada is providing $101 million over five years, to enable Marine Atlantic Inc. (MAI) to acquire a charter vessel that will address increasing traffic to and from Newfoundland and Labrador.
Gerald Keddy, Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of the Atlantic Canada Opportunities Agency and to the Minister of International Trade and Member of Parliament for South Shore-St. Margaret's, on behalf of the Honourable Monte Solberg, Minister of Human Resources and Social Development, today congratulated youth who participated in the 11th Annual Nova Scotia Skills Competition.
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The Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission (CRTC) today released statistical and financial summaries for the Canadian specialty, pay, pay-per-view television and video-demand (VOD) services industry.
OTTAWA - The Government of Canada is pleased to announce that a contract has been awarded to start work on replacing the deck of the Honoré-Mercier Bridge, in Quebec
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The Government of Canada and the four western provinces are negotiating new Western Economic Partnership Agreements (WEPAs) that will help stimulate economic growth, expand the knowledge economy, and modernize infrastructure to create jobs and new opportunities for western Canadians.
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The Honourable Michael M Fortier, Minister of Public Works and Government Services Canada (PWGSC), and the Honourable Stockwell Day, Minister of Public Safety, today announced that PWGSC and the Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP) will proceed with the implementation of the RCMP "H" Division Headquarters Relocation Project in Halifax Regional Municipality, Nova Scotia.