On behalf of the Honourable Erin O'Toole, Minister of Veterans Affairs, the Honourable Laurie Hawn, Member of Parliament for Edmonton Centre, today highlighted new benefits for Veterans and their families.
The International Day of La Francophonie is a chance for us to celebrate French culture and language in all its richness and diversity. It also gives us an opportunity to celebrate the values of peace, democracy and human rights-values that people living in countries of La Francophonie hold dear.
| Atlantic Canada Opportunities Agency
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Members of the media are invited to attend an event where the Honourable Peter MacKay, Regional Minister for Nova Scotia, Minister of Justice, Attorney General of Canada, and Member of Parliament for Central Nova, will announce support for a project in Pictou County.
"We, the ministers responsible for international trade for the Philippines and Canada, met on March 20, 2015, in Manila to discuss the potential for enhanced bilateral trade and investment relations between our two countries. Minister Fast's mission follows the visit by Prime Minister Harper to the Philippines in November 2012, and the meeting between the two leaders on the margins of APEC in November 2014."
| Indigenous and Northern Affairs Canada
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Minister Valcourt announced the appointment of Ralph Peterson as Chief Federal Negotiator in the land claim talks with the Lubicon Lake Band and the Government of Alberta.
| Innovation, Science and Economic Development Canada
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James Moore, Minister of Industry and Minister Responsible for British Columbia, and Dr. James Lunney, Member of Parliament for Nanaimo¿Alberni, today participated in a round-table discussion with local business and community leaders in Nanaimo, British Columbia. Minister Moore highlighted federal initiatives that are helping local entrepreneurs create jobs and are establishing the right conditions for Canadian businesses to expand into new and emerging markets around the world. The Minister underlined the Harper Government's economic policies that make Canada the most attractive country in the world for investment: lower taxes, balanced budgets, less debt and an ambitious free trade agenda.
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Jim Prentice, Premier of Alberta, today announced a 10-year extension to the emergency management agreement for the provision of emergency management services to the 45 First Nations in Alberta.
The Flight Safety Investigative Report (FSIR) of the accident involving the Chinook helicopter CH-147D that occurred on May 15, 2011, will be available today on the Royal Canadian Air Force Directorate of Flight Safety (DFS) website.