Through its Building the Canadian Advantage: A Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) Strategy for the Canadian International Extractive Sector, first launched in 2009, the Government of Canada provides CSR-related guidance and support to Canadian oil and gas and mining companies, thereby increasing their ability to manage the social and environmental risks of operating abroad.
The Honourable Ed Fast, Minister of International Trade, will announce the government's enhanced corporate social responsibility (CSR) strategy for the Canadian international extractive sector.
The Honourable Christian Paradis, Minister of International Development and La Francophonie, will launch a webinar discussion on maternal, newborn and child health at the Centre hospitalier universitaire Sainte-Justine (CHU Sainte-Justine) in Montréal. The Minister's address will be broadcast live and connected to satellite events taking place at the Hospital for Sick Children in Toronto and the BC Women's Hospital & Health Centre and BC Children's Hospital in Vancouver.
The Honourable Steven Blaney, Minister of Public Safety and Emergency Preparedness and Member of Parliament (Lévis–Bellechasse), today announced funding for Diffusion Avant Scène in Lévis.
Members of the media are invited to attend an important infrastructure event with Bryan Hayes, Member of Parliament for Sault Ste. Marie, on behalf of the Honourable Denis Lebel, Minister of Infrastructure, Communities and Intergovernmental Affairs, and Minister of the Economic Development Agency of Canada for the Regions of Quebec and Councillor Terry Sheehan.
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Event date: November 14, 2014 - The Honourable Chris Alexander, Canada's Citizenship and Immigration Minister and Member of Parliament for Ajax-Pickering, on behalf of the Honourable Gary Goodyear, Minister of State for the Federal Economic Development Agency for Southern Ontario (FedDev Ontario), will deliver a keynote speech at the 2014 Durham Economic Prosperity Conference.
