| Public Safety Canada | media advisories
The Honourable Stockwell Day, Minister of Public Safety, will make an announcement related to a key recommendation from the Task Force on Governance and Cultural Change in the RCMP. The Minister will hold a brief media availability.
| Housing, Infrastructure and Communities Canada | news releases
The Member of Parliament for Lévis ¿ Bellechasse, Steven Blaney, on behalf of the Minister of Transport, Infrastructure and Communities, the Honourable Lawrence Cannon, and the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food and Minister responsible for the Chaudière-Appalaches Region, Laurent Lessard, on behalf of the Deputy Premier and Minister of Municipal Affairs and Regions, Nathalie Normandeau, have announced today that the Municipality of Saint-Louis-Gonzague will receive $106,206 under the federal-provincial agreement on the transfer of a portion of federal gasoline excise tax revenues and the Government of Québec's contribution. This is the first payment to the Municipality of Saint-Louis-Gonzague which will receive a total of $265,514 by the end of 2009 for important infrastructure projects.
| Housing, Infrastructure and Communities Canada | news releases
The Member of Parliament for Lévis ¿ Bellechasse, Steven Blaney, on behalf of the Minister of Transport, Infrastructure and Communities, the Honourable Lawrence Cannon, and the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food and Minister responsible for the Chaudière-Appalaches Region, Laurent Lessard, on behalf of the Deputy Premier and Minister of Municipal Affairs and Regions, Nathalie Normandeau, have announced today that the Municipality of Saint-Camille-Lellis will receive $77,056 under the federal-provincial agreement on the transfer of a portion of federal gasoline excise tax revenues and the Government of Québec's contribution. This is the first payment to the Municipality of Saint-Camille-Lellis which will receive a total of $321,070 by the end of 2009 for important infrastructure projects.
| Natural Resources Canada | news releases
OTTAWA - The Government of Canada is taking action to better control the sale of chemicals that can be used to make explosives. The Honourable Gary Lunn, Minister of Natural Resources, and the Honourable Stockwell Day, Minister of Public Safety, today announced that new regulations for these chemicals, known as explosives precursors, will be implemented under the Explosives Act.
| Global Affairs Canada | media advisories
On Thursday, March 20, 2008, Canada's Ambassador to Afghanistan, Arif Lalani, will provide an on-record overview, via teleconference from Kabul, about Canada's most recent diplomatic, development and security activities in Afghanistan.
| Employment and Social Development Canada | statements
Prime Minister Stephen Harper made the following statement today to mark the Journée internationale de la Francophonie :
| Public Safety Canada | news releases
The Honourable Stockwell Day, Minister of Public Safety together with the Honourable Jacques Dupuis, Minister of Public Security and Minister of Justice for Quebec, today announced that the Government of Canada will provide Quebec with $92.3 million as part of a new Police Officers Recruitment Fund. This Fund supports the Government of Canada's national effort to recruit 2,500 police officers and provides flexibility to the provinces and territories in hiring additional personnel across the country.
| Fisheries and Oceans Canada | news releases
The Canadian Coast Guard would like to notify local residents and all those using the shores of Lake St. Louis that it intends to begin spring icebreaking operations at the entrance of the St. Lawrence Seaway, on the north and south shores of the Lake and in Bay Des Cascades on or about Thursday, March 20, 2008.
| Royal Canadian Mounted Police | news releases
The National Child Exploitation Coordination Centre (NCECC), Ottawa Police Service (OPS) and partnering agencies, are looking for 20 students to represent Canada at the International Youth Advisory Congress on Online Safety and Security (IYAC).
| Royal Canadian Mounted Police | news releases
The RCMP has received the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) report pertaining to the OPP's review of the investigation by Ottawa Police Service (OPS) into RCMP pension matters.
