The offices of the Honourable Greg Rickford, Canada's Minister of Natural Resources and Minister for the Federal Economic Development Initiative for Northern Ontario, and the Honourable Michael Gravelle, Ontario's Minister of Northern Development and Mines, released the following statement after concluding their meeting today in Ottawa.
The Honourable Ed Fast, Minister of International Trade, will host an export workshop on January 29, 2015, in Waterloo, Ontario. He will be joined by Jayson Myers, President and CEO of Canadian Manufacturers and Exporters (CME).
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The Honourable Gerry Ritz, Minister of Agriculture and Agri-Food and Regional Minister for Saskatchewan, on behalf of the Honourable Jason Kenney, Minister of Employment and Social Development, alongside the Honourable Jeremy Harrison, Saskatchewan Minister Responsible for Immigration, Jobs, Skills, and Training, will announce Saskatchewan's first Canada Job Grant recipient.
"With over a million people displaced internally, and another 400,000 having taken refuge in other countries, the humanitarian situation in South Sudan remains dire. Notwithstanding repeated commitments by both sides to respect the cessation of hostilities agreement, there are continuing reports of clashes between government and opposition troops in Unity and Upper Nile states.
"Following direction from General Tom Lawson, Chief of the Defence Staff, to conduct an administrative investigation into irregularities in administrative procedures concerning Master Corporal (Ret'd) Raymond's file, I am convening a military Board of Inquiry (BOI) to be led by Col D.A. MacIsaac as the president.
OTTAWA - The Canadian Armed Forces (CAF) conducted a panel discussion on mental health in support of Bell Let's Talk's campaign against stigma surrounding mental illness today.
Today, the Honourable Christian Paradis, Minister of International Development and La Francophonie, returned from a successful visit to Berlin, Germany, where he participated in Reach Every Child, the Gavi replenishment pledging conference.
