Today, Minister of Health Rona Ambrose co-hosted a roundtable at the Canadian Centre for Child Protection (CCCP) on family violence and child abuse with the CCCP's Executive Director Lianna McDonald.
The Honourable Peter MacKay, Member of Parliament for Central Nova, Regional Minister for Nova Scotia and Minister of Justice and Attorney General of Canada, was joined today by the Honourable Labi Kousoulis, Nova Scotia Minister of the Public Service Commission and Minister of Internal Services, His Worship Mike Savage, Mayor of the Halifax Regional Municipality and Halifax Water Board Chair, Ken Meech, to announce that the Government of Canada has conditionally set aside up to $7 million under the New Building Canada Fund for the upgrade and expansion of the Aerotech Wastewater Treatment Plant in the Halifax Regional Municipality.
| Innovation, Science and Economic Development Canada
| backgrounders
Since its creation in 1989, the Networks of Centres of Excellence (NCE) program has successfully brought together the best minds in many disciplines and sectors in efforts to solve major social, economic or health issues for Canadians.
Members of the media are invited to attend an important infrastructure event with Colin Mayes, Member of Parliament for Okanagan-Shuswap, Greg Kyllo, MLA for Shuswap, and Terry Rysz, Mayor of the District of Sicamous.
The Minister of Infrastructure, Communities and Intergovernmental Affairs and Minister of the Economic Development Agency of Canada for the Regions of Quebec, the Honourable Denis Lebel, and Quebec's Minister of Forests, Wildlife and Parks, Minister responsible for the Centre-Québec region, and Member of the National Assembly for Lotbinière-Frontenac, Laurent Lessard, on behalf of Quebec's Minister of Municipal Affairs and Land Occupancy, Pierre Moreau, joined the residents of Victoriaville today to celebrate the completion of Achille-Gagnon's wastewater treatment plant.
"Canada is concerned by reports of recent government-ordered raids against media organizations in which journalists and other media representatives have been arrested in Turkey.
| Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada
| news releases
Member of Parliament Peter Kent (Thornhill), on behalf of Agriculture Minister Gerry Ritz, today announced a $782,000 repayable contribution to Riverside Natural Foods Ltd. to help the company commercialize its innovative, organic snack foods.