The Honourable Lisa Raitt, Minister of Transport, today introduced legislation in the House of Commons that will enhance railway safety and make the rail industry and crude oil shippers more accountable to Canadians.
On Monday, February 23, 2015, the Honourable Kerry-Lynne D. Findlay, P.C., Q.C., M.P., Minister of National Revenue, will announce financial investment to strengthen the Community Volunteer Income Tax Program and launch the program's new "Need a Hand" video.
Suzanne M. Benoît (BA [Psychology], University of Ottawa; MBA, University of Ottawa) was appointed President-Chief Executive Officer of Aéro Montréal in August 2006. Prior to joining Aéro Montréal, she led the Longueuil Economic Development Agency as its president and CEO from the day it was founded in 2002. From 1999 to 2003, she led the foreign investment prospecting team in the Americas division of Investissement Québec. Between 1991 and 1999, she held various management positions with Hydro-Québec, including director of governmental and institutional relations, and director of industrial and economic development in the utility's Major Industrial Clients division. Beginning in 1979, she worked in the federal civil service in Ottawa and elsewhere in Canada as an assistant director at Industry Canada's International Affairs Division, where she was responsible for industrial cooperation between Canada and Japan, and Canada and South Korea. Ms. Benoît was also an assistant director in the marketing of defence products at the Department of External Affairs and International Trade.
The Honourable Rob Nicholson, Minister of Foreign Affairs, and the Honourable Ed Fast, Minister of International Trade, today announced the appointments of Suzanne M. Benoît and Deborah Close, as well as the reappointment of Philip Leong, as Canada's representatives to the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation Business Advisory Council (ABAC).
The Canada Revenue Agency (CRA) will revoke the registration of the African Computer and Technology Literacy Awareness Program (ACTLAP) Inc., a charity based in Mississauga, Ontario.
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Randy Hoback, Member of Parliament Prince Albert, on behalf of the Honourable Bernard Valcourt, Minister of Aboriginal Affairs and Northern Development, today announced that the Government of Canada is helping increase jobs and opportunities for urban Aboriginal people living in Saskatchewan.