| Federal Economic Development Agency for Southern Ontario
| media advisories
Event date: January 19, 2015-The Honourable Gary Goodyear, Minister of State for the Federal Economic Development Agency for Southern Ontario (FedDev Ontario), and John Carmichael, Member of Parliament for Don Valley West, will announce support for medical innovation, job creation and growth in Toronto.
| Canada Economic Development for Quebec Regions
| media advisories
Representatives of the media are invited to a news conference during which Jacques Gourde, Member of Parliament for Lotbinière-Chutes-Chaudière and Parliamentary Secretary to the Prime Minister, for Official Languages and for the Economic Development Agency of Canada for the Regions of Quebec, will make an announcement on behalf of the Honourable Denis Lebel, Minister of Infrastructure, Communities and Intergovernmental Affairs and Minister of the Economic Development Agency of Canada for the Regions of Quebec, concerning three businesses in the Rimouski-Neigette RCM.
January 15, 2015 - Montreal Quebec
The Canadian Coast Guard, in partnership with the United States Coast Guard and the Ontario Provincial Police, have an important safety message for all ice surface users in the vicinity of icebreaking operations and shipping routes in the Great Lakes. Icebreaking operations to assist commercial shipping are currently underway in various areas of the Great Lakes. The following areas will see icebreaking activity in the near future:
| Employment and Social Development Canada
| news releases
The Honourable Bernard Valcourt, Minister of Aboriginal Affairs and Northern Development and Member of Parliament for Madawaska-Restigouche, on behalf of the Honourable Jason Kenney, Minister of Employment and Social Development, along with the Honourable Francine Landry, New Brunswick Minister of Post-Secondary Education, Training and Labour, today announced that New Brunswick is accepting employer applications for the Canada Job Grant and encouraged employers to apply. The Canada Job Grant initiative is an innovative, employer-driven approach to help Canadians gain the skills and training they need to fill available jobs.
The Honourable Steven Blaney, Canada's Minister of Public Safety and Emergency Preparedness, welcomed the release today in Moncton, New Brunswick, of the Independent Review of the Moncton Shooting that was requested by RCMP Commissioner Bob Paulson:
Today, Justice Minister Peter MacKay announced more than $100,000 in funding to the Wesley Urban Ministries for the Wesley's Moveable Feast project, which will provide employment training opportunities to youth involved in the justice system in Hamilton.
The Honourable Christian Paradis, Minister of International Development and La Francophonie, today announced the creation of the Expert Working Group on Science and Technology for International Development to better leverage science, technology and innovation for international development.
Today, at the 2015 Engineers Without Borders National Conference, the Honourable Christian Paradis, Minister of International Development and La Francophonie, emphasized the importance of finding new ways of integrating science, technology and innovation into Canada's development efforts to maximize results for those most in need. To help achieve this, Minister Paradis announced the creation of the Expert Working Group on Science and Technology for International Development.
| Environment and Climate Change Canada
| backgrounders
Economic Action Plan 2012 committed $29 million over five years to continue to support the Lake Simcoe Clean-up Fund and extend it to include South-eastern Georgian Bay.