Today, in his address to the annual general meeting of the Canadian Network for Maternal, Newborn and Child Health (CAN-MNCH), the Honourable Christian Paradis, Minister of International Development and La Francophonie, launched a call for proposals from eligible Canadian organizations that will contribute to Canada's top international development priority of saving the lives of the world's most vulnerable mothers and their children.
The Department of National Defence (DND) and the Canadian Armed Forces (CAF) have succeeded in identifying the remains a fifth First World War soldier found in Hallu, France, as Private Sidney Halliday.
Good afternoon everyone and thank you for coming today for the conclusion of the federal provincial territorial Health Ministers meeting. I'm pleased to be joined by Minister Mandel and many of our provincial and territorial colleagues and of course Minister Mandel is new to the portfolio. I welcome him as our host and my co-chair for today's meetings here in Banff Alberta.
The Honourable Julian Fantino, Minister of Veterans Affairs, today announced that Dana Kean will join the Veterans Review and Appeal Board, which provides Veterans, Canadian Armed Forces and Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP) members, and their families, with an independent avenue of appeal for disability benefits decisions made by Veterans Affairs Canada.
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The Honourable Tony Clement, President of the Treasury Board, will make an important announcement regarding Canada's new Action Plan on Open Government 2.0
The Bill would complement existing Canadian initiatives, both at home and abroad, to put an end to barbaric cultural practices that go against Canadian values because they cause harm to women and girls and prevent their full participation in society. These practices, which include early and forced marriage, "honour"-based violence and female genital mutilation/cutting, have no place in Canada's free and democratic society. Some of Canada's initiatives to end these practices are set out below.
The Zero Tolerance for Barbaric Cultural Practices Act demonstrates that Canada's openness and generosity does not extend to early and forced marriage, polygamy or other types of barbaric cultural practices.
The Zero Tolerance for Barbaric Cultural Practices Act proposes the creation of a new inadmissibility under the Immigration and Refugee Protection Act (IRPA) for practising polygamy in Canada.
In the permanent residency stream, a foreign national, when entering Canada and becoming a permanent resident, is permitted to have only one spouse. This requires an individual in a polygamous relationship to convert their marriage to a monogamous relationship.
