| Atlantic Canada Opportunities Agency | news releases
The University of New Brunswick's Dr. J. Herbert Smith Centre will take on two new projects at its Technology Management and Entrepreneurship Centre (TME), thanks to investments by the Government of Canada
| Atlantic Canada Opportunities Agency | media advisories
Federal and Provincial Governments to Invest in SCG Industries Ltd.
| Employment and Social Development Canada | news releases
The Honourable Pierre Poilievre, on his first visit to British Columbia as Minister of Employment and Social Development, outlined the Harper Government's low-tax plan for families, as well as skills training to prepare Canadians for in-demand jobs, during his address to the Vancouver Board of Trade today.
| Innovation, Science and Economic Development Canada | news releases
Peter Braid, Member of Parliament for Kitchener¿Waterloo, accompanied by the Honourable Ed Holder, Minister of State (Science and Technology), was at the University of Waterloo today to celebrate an investment of nearly $521,000 for a research project to support 5G networks.
| Employment and Social Development Canada | news releases
The Honourable Pierre Poilievre, Minister of Employment and Social Development, today congratulated the first recipients of the Canada Apprentice Loan at the British Columbia Institute of Technology. Launched in January of this year, the Loan provides registered apprentices pursuing technical training in Red Seal trades with access to up to $4,000 per period of technical training. As of early March, over 3,000 apprentices from across Canada have benefitted from this loan, including over 600 in British Columbia.
| Federal Economic Development Agency for Southern Ontario | media advisories
The Honourable Gary Goodyear, Minister of State for the Federal Economic Development Agency for Southern Ontario (FedDev Ontario), and Costas Menegakis, Member of Parliament for Richmond Hill, will make an important announcement supporting an innovative business in Richmond Hill.
| Public Health Agency of Canada | media advisories
Parliamentary Secretary Cathy McLeod, on behalf of the Honourable Rona Ambrose, Minister of Health, will give an update on the installation of defibrillators in recreational arenas across the country.
| Public Safety Canada | backgrounders
In preclearance operations, border officers from the "inspecting country" (e.g., the U.S. or Canada) carry out customs and immigration inspections in the "host country" (e.g., Canada or the U.S.) before allowing goods or people into the inspecting country. For instance, in the rail mode, this could involve pre-clearing passengers and their luggage in Canada before passengers leave the train station, thereby avoiding a stop at the Canada/U.S. border.
| Public Safety Canada | backgrounders
The new Agreement covers all modes of travel, including air, and would replace the existing Air Transport Preclearance Agreement, which was signed in 2001.
| Public Safety Canada | news releases
Today, Canada's Minister of Public Safety and Emergency Preparedness, the Honourable Steven Blaney; and U.S. Secretary of Homeland Security, Jeh Johnson, signed the Agreement on Land, Rail, Marine and Air Transport Preclearance between the Government of Canada and the Government of the United States of America.
