The Honourable Christian Paradis, Minister of International Development and La Francophonie, today highlighted Prime Minister Stephen Harper's ongoing leadership on improving the lives of women and children in developing countries and reiterated Canada's commitment to achieving the goal of ending preventable deaths of mothers and children within a generation.
On December 16, 2014, the Canada Border Services Agency (CBSA) charged Sean Horsfall and Len's Cove Marina Limited with one count of employing a foreign national without authorization to work contrary to the Immigration and Refugee Protection Act (IRPA); one count of forgery, one count of using a forged document and one count of falsifying employment records under the Criminal Code.
The Public Health Agency of Canada today announced the appointment of Dr. Matthew Gilmour as the new Scientific Director General National Public Health Laboratories, responsible for the National Microbiology Laboratory (NML) in Winnipeg and the Laboratory for Foodborne Zoonoses (LFZ) in Guelph, Ontario. Dr. Gilmour will begin his position in February 2015.
| Canadian Nuclear Safety Commission
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The Canadian Nuclear Safety Commission (CNSC) is asking the public for their comments on the technical assessment report on the package design for transport of highly enriched uranyl nitrate liquid (HEUNL).
| Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada
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Canada welcomed more than 260,000 new citizens this year, thanks to the government's improvements to the citizenship program as well as recent reforms to the Citizenship Act, Canada's Citizenship and Immigration Minister Chris Alexander announced today. This is more new Canadians than in any year in Canada's history and more than double the number from last year.
| Employment and Social Development Canada
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"Our Government remains focused on what matters to Canadians: creating jobs, economic growth and long-term prosperity for all Canadians. Our Jobs Agenda will help fix the paradox of too many people without jobs and too many jobs without people," said Minister Kenney.
Speaking notes
Dr. Guy Berthiaume, Librarian and Archivist of Canada
Presented to the Library Association of the National Capital Region and L'Association des bibliothèques de l'Ontario-Franco
Ottawa, Ontario
December 11, 2014