| Service Canada | backgrounders
The success of Canada's economy, the prosperity of its communities and the well-being of its families depends on advancing cutting edge science, technology and innovation in Canada.
| Service Canada | backgrounders
The Government of Canada's investments in research and development have made a major contribution to Canada's strong performance in science, technology and innovation (ST&I). However, our post-secondary institutions face significant competition from their international counterparts in the search for the best minds and partnership opportunities that enable breakthrough discoveries. Canada's ability to attract top talent, innovators and research partners requires its world-class institutions to be among the best on the global stage.
| Canadian Heritage | media advisories
Launch of a national contest this Friday
| Service Canada | news releases
Prime Minister Stephen Harper today officially launched the Canada First Research Excellence Fund during a tour of the IBM facility in Markham. He was joined by Ed Holder, Minister of State (Science and Technology), Paul Calandra, Parliamentary Secretary to the Prime Minister and for Intergovernmental Affairs, Joe Daniel, Member of Parliament for Don Valley East, and John Carmichael, Member of Parliament for Don Valley West.
| Global Affairs Canada | speeches
Please let me express Canada's appreciation to the governments of Afghanistan and the United Kingdom for co-hosting the London Conference on Afghanistan.
| Canadian International Trade Tribunal | news releases
Ottawa, Ontario, December 4, 2014-The Canadian International Trade Tribunal today initiated an inquiry to determine whether the dumping of oil country tubular goods from Chinese Taipei, the Republic of India, the Republic of Indonesia, the Republic of the Philippines, the Republic of Korea, the Kingdom of Thailand, the Republic of Turkey, Ukraine and the Socialist Republic of Vietnam, and the subsidizing of the above-mentioned goods from the Republic of India, the Republic of Indonesia, the Republic of the Philippines, the Kingdom of Thailand, Ukraine and the Socialist Republic of Vietnam, have caused injury or retardation or are threatening to cause injury. This final injury inquiry was initiated further to a notice received from the Canada Border Services Agency stating that preliminary determinations had been made respecting the dumping and subsidizing of the above-mentioned goods.
| Global Affairs Canada | backgrounders
Canada is committed to helping Afghanistan improve the lives and opportunities of its citizens.
| Global Affairs Canada | news releases
Today, at the London Conference on Afghanistan, the Honourable Lynne Yelich, Minister of State (Foreign Affairs and Consular) on behalf of the Honourable Christian Paradis, Minister of International Development and La Francophonie, reaffirmed Canada's continued commitment to improving the lives of and opportunities for Afghanistan's most vulnerable, especially women and girls.
| Fisheries and Oceans Canada | media advisories
December 4, 2014 Kelowna, British Columbia ¿ Ron Cannan, MP for Kelowna-Lake Country, and Dan Albas, MP for Okanagan-Coquihalla, on behalf of the Honourable Gail Shea, Minister of Fisheries and Oceans, will be holding a media availability session regarding proposed new regulations to prevent the introduction and propagation of aquatic invasive species.
| Canadian Food Inspection Agency | news releases
The Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA)'s testing at the National Centre for Foreign Animal Diseases has confirmed the strain causing the avian influenza outbreak on two farms in the Fraser Valley as a highly-pathogenic H5N2 virus.
