Today marks the International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women, a time to reflect on the impacts of violence, and how we can create safer communities for women and girls.
Foreign Affairs Minister John Baird will deliver the keynote address at the Global Commission on Internet Governance's summit. The event is focused on Canada's role in the digital future.
Foreign Affairs Minister John Baird today presented Carl Bildt, former prime minister and foreign minister of Sweden, with the John Diefenbaker Defender of Human Rights and Freedom Award, on the occasion of the Global Commission for Internet Governance meeting in Ottawa.
| Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission
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Good morning and welcome to this public hearing. During this hearing, the Commission will examine wholesale wireline telecommunications services in Canada.
The governments of Canada and Quebec today applaud the opening of an organic waste reclamation centre in the municipality of Saint-Hyacinthe. The centre will process the contents of brown bags collected by residents of Acton and Maskoutains MRCs as well as organic residue from local agri-food businesses.
The sixty-seven municipalities of the Outaouais region will receive $131,966,000 over the next five years under the new federal-provincial Gas Tax Fund agreement and from the Government of Quebec's contribution for priority infrastructure projects.
| Financial Consumer Agency of Canada
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Minister of State (Finance) Kevin Sorenson and Financial Consumer Agency of Canada Commissioner Lucie Tedesco will speak at an event hosted by the Economic Club of Canada, in collaboration with Startup Canada.
| Federal Economic Development Agency for Southern Ontario
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The Harper Government, through the Investing in Business Growth and Productivity Initiative under FedDev Ontario, is providing the Yves Landry Foundation (YLF) with up to $9 million to continue delivering its Achieving Innovation and Manufacturing Excellence (AIME) Global initiative.
| Employment and Social Development Canada
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The Honourable Jason Kenney, Minister of Employment and Social Development and Minister for Multiculturalism, the Honourable Rona Ambrose, Minister of Health, and the Honourable Alice Wong, Minister of State (Seniors), announced today the release of the National Seniors Council's (NSC's) Report on the Social Isolation of Seniors - 2013-2014, which is now available online.
| Federal Economic Development Agency for Southern Ontario
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Industry Minister James Moore today announced $9 million to support manufacturers in southern Ontario. This investment will help manufacturers do what they do best ¿ innovate, grow, create jobs and compete globally.