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Government of Canada invests in cutting-edge severe weather forecasting technology

| Innovation, Science and Economic Development Canada | backgrounders

The Government of Canada, through the Canadian Space Agency (CSA), is awarding a contract of $650,000 to the National Optics Institute (INO) to further develop and test a new thermal imaging sensor (far infrared radiometer [FIRR]) that requires no cooling and is compact enough to fly on a very small satellite.


Canada supports education and training in Senegal

| Global Affairs Canada | backgrounders

On the sidelines of the 15th Summit of La Francophonie held November 29¿30, 2014, in Dakar, Senegal, the Minister of International Development and La Francophonie, the Honourable Christian Paradis, announced Canada's funding for the following initiatives: Senegalese Public School Investment Program ($145 million, 2014¿2018) and Private Sector Growth Through Education for Employment ($20 million, 2014¿2020)


Minister Paradis supports education and training in Senegal

| Global Affairs Canada | news releases

On the sidelines of the 15th Summit of La Francophonie, the Minister of International Development and La Francophonie, the Honourable Christian Paradis, visited a primary school in the Parcelles Assainies neighbourhood of Dakar to announce today a new initiative-Private Sector Growth Through Education for Employment-as well as substantial Canadian funding to help Senegal implement its national education program.


Investing in Cutting-Edge Severe Weather Forecasting Technology

| Innovation, Science and Economic Development Canada | news releases

Industry Minister James Moore today visited the National Optics Institute (INO) in Québec City where he announced a new partnership between the Canadian Space Agency and INO to improve forecasting of severe weather events.


Social Security Agreement between Canada and the Republic of Serbia

| Employment and Social Development Canada | news releases

The Honourable Jason Kenney, Minister of Employment and Social Development and Minister for Multiculturalism, has announced that the Agreement on Social Security between Canada and the Republic of Serbia comes into force today, December 1, 2014.


Temporary suspension of removals lifted for Haiti and Zimbabwe

| Service Canada | news releases

Canada's Citizenship and Immigration Minister Chris Alexander, and Steven Blaney, Canada's Minister of Public Safety and Emergency Preparedness, today announced that the temporary suspension of removals for Haiti and Zimbabwe has been lifted, effective immediately. With the suspension now lifted, affected individuals will be provided with an additional six months to apply for permanent residence in Canada.


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