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Today, Scott Armstrong, Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Employment and Social Development, announced employers can now begin applying for funding under Canada Summer Jobs 2015. The funding will create thousands of job opportunities for students across the country.
Foreign Affairs Minister John Baird today issued the following statement concerning the recent elections in Moldova:
"Canada welcomes last Sunday's parliamentary elections in Moldova. The peaceful, well organized elections are a testament to the dedicated work of Moldovans to build a democratic society and political system based on the values of democracy and the rule of law.
I would like to thank you for welcoming us so warmly to this place of learning. And I would like to thank you for presenting me with the Monsignor Larraín Gandarillas Medallion. What a wonderful representation of our two countries' friendship and rapport.
On Friday, 5 December 2014, Stephen S. Poloz, the Governor of the Bank of Canada, will participate in a panel discussion at a conference held by the International Monetary Fund and the Ministry of Finance of Chile.
Preliminary testing by the Province of British Columbia has confirmed the presence of H5 avian influenza on two farms in the Fraser Valley; a turkey farm in Abbotsford and a broiler breeder farm in Chilliwack.
The Honourable Rona Ambrose, Federal Minister of Health, accompanied by Mr. Ted Opitz, Member of Parliament for Etobicoke Centre and Laureen Harper will take part in a photo-op to promote blood donation in Canada.
The Honourable Lisa Raitt, Minister of Transport, along with Rodney Weston, Member of Parliament for Saint John, and Greg Kerr, Member of Parliament for West Nova, today announced that the replacement vessel for the MV Princess of Acadia, which serves the Saint John, New Brunswick to Digby, Nova Scotia ferry route, has safely arrived in Saint John