| Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada
| news releases
Ed Komarnicki, Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Citizenship and Immigration, on behalf of the Honourable Diane Finley, Minister of Citizenship and Immigration, today announced funding to help the Canadian Ukrainian Immigrant Aid Society (CUIAS) deliver settlement services to nearly 3,000 immigrants in Toronto.
| Employment and Social Development Canada
| news releases
The Honourable Monte Solberg, Minister of Human Resources and Social Development, and the Honourable Nancy Allan, Manitoba Minister of Labour and Immigration, today announced that the Federal Government and the Province of Manitoba are working together to develop a Letter of Understanding (LOU) that will strengthen protections for temporary foreign workers, that include safe working conditions and fulfilling terms of employment.
| Housing, Infrastructure and Communities Canada
| news releases
Saskatchewan communities are getting a major boost for their priority public infrastructure projects thanks to an agreement between the Government of Canada and the Government of Saskatchewan through Building Canada, the Government of Canada's new long-term infrastructure plan.
Health Minister Tony Clement today released the Final Report of an Expert Advisory Committee summarizing evidence-based research on supervised injection sites (SIS) with special reference to Insite, Vancouver's SIS.
The Honourable Peter Gordon MacKay, Minister of National Defence and Minister of the Atlantic Canada Opportunities Agency, along with General Rick Hillier, Chief of the Defence Staff, concluded their visit of the North American Aerospace Defence Command (NORAD) Headquarters in Colorado Springs, Colorado. This visit was an important familiarization trip for Minister MacKay during a special 50th anniversary for NORAD.
Canada's Air Force has recently approved a new policy that permits serving and potential aircrew to undergo certain types of Laser Refractive Surgery (LRS).
The Honourable Stockwell Day, Minister of Public Safety, made the following statement today concerning an announcement by the RCMP of a number of arrests and seizures allegedly involving contraband tobacco and liquor, as well as other illegal drugs, in Saint John , NB.
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.
On March 17, 2008, Chi Quang LO, manager of Winkey's Trading in Winnipeg, was sentenced a fine of $1,500.00 plus two years of unsupervised probation and ordered to write a letter of apology to a Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA) inspector.
