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Minister Paradis Lifts Suspension of Aid to Burkina Faso

| Global Affairs Canada | news releases

Canada's Minister of International Development and La Francophonie, the Honourable Christian Paradis, today announced that Canada is reinstituting direct development assistance to the Government of Burkina Faso.


Presentation of the Governor General's Literary Awards

| Employment and Social Development Canada | speeches

To ask whether a room full of writers and artists can imagine something is like asking whether a room full of mathematicians can add and subtract...


Public event for November 27, 2014

| Employment and Social Development Canada | media advisories

Public event for Prime Minister Stephen Harper for Thursday, November 27th is:


Minister of Justice Refers Murder Case to the Manitoba Court of Appeal

| Department of Justice Canada | news releases

The Honourable Peter MacKay, P.C., Q.C., M.P. for Central Nova, Minister of Justice and Attorney General of Canada, today announced that he has referred the matter of Stanley Frank Ostrowski to the Manitoba Court of Appeal under the conviction review provisions of the Criminal Code.


Statement from Minister Paradis: International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women

| Global Affairs Canada | statements

Not only is violence against women and girls a grave violation of human rights, it is also a significant barrier to achieving equality between women and men, peaceful societies and sustainable development. Sexual and gender-based violence prevents women and girls from reaching their full potential and contributing to their communities and countries. The physical, psychological, economic and social costs of violence against women are devastating: girls drop out school, diseases like HIV/AIDS spread more easily, higher numbers of mothers and children die needlessly, poverty grows. Yet, we live in a world where, according to the World Health Organization, one in three women experiences physical or sexual assault in their lifetime.


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