| Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada
| news releases
Canada's Citizenship and Immigration Minister Chris Alexander today confirmed it's one month and counting until Express Entry launches a new phase of active immigration recruitment to meet economic and labour market needs. Potential candidates can create their profile on January 1st, 2015, with the first Invitations to Apply issued within weeks.
The Honourable Ed Fast, Minister of International Trade, today welcomed the signing of a memorandum of understanding (MOU) between the Canadian Commercial Corporation (CCC) and Ecuador's Instituto Nacional de Investigación Geológico Minero Metalúrgico [national institute of geological, mineral and metallurgical research] (INIGEMM) to support its geological survey project with Canadian expertise. The signing was witnessed by Pedro Merizalde, Ecuador's Minister of Non-renewable Natural Resources.
| Employment and Social Development Canada
| news releases
Today, the Honourable Candice Bergen, Minister of State for Social Development, addressed the Fifth Annual Forum on Inclusion in Ottawa, just days ahead of International Day of Persons with Disabilities which occurs on December 3.
Good evening everyone. It's great to be here. I believe this is the last-ever event in this building. It has served us well. But Gordon Campbell, our exceptional high commissioner, has bigger and better plans. It's also good to see a number of friendly faces in the room.
Foreign Affairs Minister John Baird today presented the John Diefenbaker Defender of Human Rights and Freedom Award to William Hague, the U.K.'s Special Representative on Preventing Sexual Violence in Conflict and former U.K. foreign secretary, for his work on the prevention of sexual violence in conflict.
| Innovation, Science and Economic Development Canada
| media advisories
Event date: December 2, 2014 - The Honourable Ed Holder, Minister of State (Science and Technology), will deliver a keynote address at this year's CICan on Parliament Hill, a conference organized by Colleges and Institutes Canada (CICan).
On November 29, 2014, at about 5:30 p.m., a lockdown was put in place at Warkworth Institution, a medium security federal institution, to enable staff members to conduct an exceptional search.