Today, Peter MacKay, Minister of Justice and Attorney General of Canada, announced more than $24,000 in funding for the Wachiay Friendship Centre Society, which will partner with the RCMP Victim Services in Courtenay and Campbell River to deliver the "Human Trafficking: I'm Not For Sale" program.
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The Honourable Tony Clement (Parry Sound-Muskoka), on behalf of the Honourable Greg Rickford, Canada's Minister of Natural Resources and Minister for the Federal Economic Development Initiative for Northern Ontario (FedNor), announced today an investment to support technology and innovation services, enhance regional economic development activities, and encourage Aboriginal business development and growth in seven Northern Ontario First Nation communities.
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The Honourable Tony Clement (Parry Sound-Muskoka), on behalf of the Honourable Greg Rickford, Canada's Minister of Natural Resources and Minister for the Federal Economic Development Initiative for Northern Ontario (FedNor), announced today an investment to support technology and innovation services, enhance regional economic development activities, and encourage Aboriginal business development and growth in seven Northern Ontario First Nation communities.
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The 2015 Enabling Accessibility Fund (EAF) Call for Proposals for community-based projects was launched today by the Honourable Candice Bergen, Minister of State for Social Development, accompanied by Andrew Saxton, Parliamentary Secretary for the Minister of Finance and MP for North Vancouver. The launch event took place at the North Vancouver District Public Library.
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Tobique-Mactaquac Member of Parliament Mike Allen will join Parliamentary Secretary for Agriculture Gerald Keddy, on behalf of Agriculture Minister Gerry Ritz to announce an investment in a Canadian-led international research effort in support of the Canadian potato industry.
"Today marks the one-year anniversary of the so-called 'referendum' held in Crimea, a region under illegal military occupation. One year later, our position remains firm: Canada will never recognize the illegal annexation of Crimea and we continue to call on the Putin regime to cease its destabilization campaign, fully withdraw from Ukraine and respect its sovereignty and territorial integrity."
The Honourable Kerry-Lynne Findlay, Minister of National Revenue, on behalf of the Honourable Greg Rickford, Canada's Minister of Natural Resources, today announced funding of $27.3 million to support the development and demonstration of clean technologies in British Columbia.
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Member of Parliament Jim Hillyer (Lethbridge), on behalf of Agriculture Minister Gerry Ritz, will be in Lethbridge, Alberta on Tuesday, March 17 to make an announcement in support of Western Canada's wheat industry.
The Honourable Kerry-Lynne D. Findlay, P.C., Q.C., MP for Delta-Richmond East and Minister of National Revenue, on behalf of the Honourable Greg Rickford, Canada's Minister of Natural Resources, today announced investments totalling over $27.3 million for 10 clean technology projects in British Columbia, which will support jobs, economic growth and the environment. The projects announced today are benefitting from the Government of Canada's Economic Action Plan investment in Sustainable Development Technology Canada's (SDTC) SD Tech Fund™.