| Employment and Social Development Canada
| media advisories
Lawrence Toet, Member of Parliament for Elmwood–Transcona, on behalf of the Honourable Candice Bergen, Minister of State for Social Development, alongside the Honourable Kevin Chief, Manitoba Minister of Jobs and the Economy, will announce investments to help youth in Winnipeg receive training and better access to job opportunities.
The Honourable Kerry-Lynne Findlay, Minister of National Revenue, will announce new initiatives to make transiting through airports faster and more convenient
Colonel Daniel Constable, Commander of Joint Task Force – Iraq, will host a teleconference on Thursday December 18, to provide an update on Canada's operations against the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL).
| Indigenous and Northern Affairs Canada
| statements
The Honourable Bernard Valcourt, Minister of Aboriginal Affairs and Northern Development, today issued the following statement on the passage of the Canadian High Arctic Research Station Act:
On December 14 and 15, 2014, as a result of the vigilance of staff members, three packages containing contraband and unauthorized items were seized on the perimeter of the medium security unit at Collins Bay Institution.
Foreign Affairs Minister John Baird today issued the following statement in response to the European Union General Court's decision to remove Hamas from the EU's list of terrorist organizations:
| Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada
| news releases
Member of Parliament Brad Trost (Saskatoon-Humboldt) today announced a combined investment of up to $1.16 million from the federal and Saskatchewan governments to Pan-Provincial Vaccine Enterprise (PREVENT) to help develop a new vaccine against chronic wasting disease (CWD), which is affecting elk herds in Western Canada.
