The Honourable Maxime Bernier, Minister of Foreign Affairs, today issued the following statement on the parliamentary elections held in the Kingdom of Bhutan on March 24, 2008:
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Public event for Prime Minister Stephen Harper for today, Thursday, March 27th in Ottawa at 1:15 p.m. ¿ Prime Minister Stephen Harper will be presented with a bouquet of daffodils from two young children who are fighting cancer to mark the beginning of the Canadian Cancer Society's annual Daffodil Month.
On March 20, 2008, the RCMP released 10,807 pages in response to several Access to Information requests on the use of Conducted Energy Weapons (CEW's). The release contained information from CEW Usage Reports (RCMP Form 3996) completed in the period November 2004 to December 2007.
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The first 12 projects funded through the Canada-British Columbia Agreement on Targeted Initiative for Older Workers (TIOW) will help older workers living in British Columbia retrain for new careers.
Mark Warawa, Member of Parliament for Langley, on behalf of the Honourable Monte Solberg, Minister of Human Resources and Social Development, today announced funding to help unemployed workers and youth at risk in the Langley area get skills and jobs.
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Prime Minister Stephen Harper and Ontario Premier Dalton McGuinty today announced three important initiatives that will support provincial programs that provide assistance for workers and communities who have been negatively affected by the rapid appreciation in the Canadian dollar, softening in the US economy, high oil prices, and intense competition from emerging economies, as well as support for public transit and policing.
Senior government officials will hold a technical briefing on Thursday, March 27, 2008, on the Prime Minister's participation in the NATO Summit to be held in Bucharest, Romania, from April 2 to 4, 2008. The technical briefing will also cover the Prime Minister's visit to Poland from April 4 to 5, 2008.
TORONTO - Today, a Sussex, New Brunswick company became the first recipient of a new award that recognizes significant advancements in energy-efficient space heating and cooling technologies. The ēKOCOMFORT Award was presented in Toronto by Wajid Khan, Member of Parliament for Mississauga-Streetsville on behalf of the Honourable Gary Lunn, Minister of Natural Resources.
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Guy Lauzon, Member of Parliament for Stormont¿Dundas¿South Glengarry and Parliamentary Secretary for the Federal Economic Development Initiative for Northern Ontario, on behalf of the Honourable Tony Clement, Minister for the Federal Economic Development Initiative for Northern Ontario, is pleased to announce the first group of approved grants under the Ontario Potable Water Program (OPWP).
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Families and individuals in Grande Prairie working to break free from the cycles of homelessness and poverty and build a stronger future for themselves are getting help from the Government of Canada.