November 26, 2014 - The Honourable Ed Fast, Minister of International Trade, will meet on Thursday, November 27, 2014, with his Small and Medium-Sized Enterprises (SME) Advisory Board and will hold a media availability to comment on the first anniversary of Canada's Global Markets Action Plan.
The Honourable Maxime Bernier, Minister of State (Small Business and Tourism, and Agriculture), will highlight the Government of Canada's plan to help Canadian businesses export at Stratégies PME 2015 [SME strategies 2015], Quebec's largest annual conference for small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs), on Thursday, November 27, 2014 in Montréal.
| Public Health Agency of Canada
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The Honourable Rona Ambrose, Federal Minister of Health, and the Honourable Robert Nicholson, Minister of National Defence, will make an important announcement regarding Canada's support of global efforts to fight Ebola. They will be joined by Dr. Gregory Taylor, Chief Public Health Officer, Dr. Judith Bossé, Assistant Deputy Minister, Infectious Disease Prevention Control Branch and representatives from the Canadian Red Cross.
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The Strategy for Patient-Oriented Research (SPOR) is a national coalition of federal, provincial and territorial partners (patient advocates, provincial health authorities, academic health centres, charities, philanthropic organizations, pharmaceutical sector, etc.) dedicated to the integration of research into care – the right patient receives the right treatment at the right time. SPOR is managed and funded in by the Government of Canada through the Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR).
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The Government of Canada and the Government of Newfoundland and Labrador, along with partner IBM, today announced the launch of the Newfoundland and Labrador SUPPORT Unit for patient-oriented research.
On the margins of the 15th Francophonie Summit in Dakar, Senegal, the Honourable Christian Paradis, Minister of International Development and La Francophonie, announced the establishment of the following initiatives:
| Federal Economic Development Agency for Southern Ontario
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The Honourable Gary Goodyear, Minister of State for the Federal Economic Development Agency for Southern Ontario (FedDev Ontario), along with Eve Adams, Member of Parliament for Mississauga¿Brampton South, will announce support for business innovation in Mississauga.
| Environment and Climate Change Canada
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November 27, 2014 -Gatineau, Québec -Environment Canada
The Honourable Leona Aglukkaq, Minister of the Environment, Minister of the Canadian Northern Economic Development Agency and Minister for the Arctic Council, announced today that the Government of Canada is moving forward with new regulations to protect the environment and safeguard human health by limiting the amount of mercury-containing products in the Canadian marketplace.
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To mark the closing of the fourth edition of Financial Literacy Month, Minister of State (Seniors) Alice Wong and Canada's Financial Literacy Leader Jane Rooney will attend the launch of a new program ¿ 'Focusing on Financial Abuse: Recognize, Review, Respond.'