| Employment and Social Development Canada
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The Honourable Candice Bergen, Minister of State (Social Development), today addressed hundreds of community leaders, researchers and front-line workers from across Canada at the second National Conference on Ending Homelessness, hosted by the Canadian Alliance to End Homelessness. She spoke about the Harper government's recent implementation of the renewed Homelessness Partnering Strategy (HPS) using the evidence-based Housing First (HF) approach while highlighting all of the progress made thus far.
Today, the Honourable Steven Blaney, Canada's Minister of Public Safety and Emergency Preparedness, gave a keynote address at SecureTech 2014, a conference featuring experts from the defense and security domain.
The Honourable Greg Rickford, Canada's Minister of Natural Resources, today announced his first official visit to Japan during November 5–7, where he will reinforce the economic and natural resources relationships between our countries. This week's visit follows Minister Rickford's participation in the APEC Energy Ministers Summit in Asia last September.
World industry leaders and academic experts in marine renewable energy are gathered in Halifax this week thanks in part to a $150,000 investment from the Government of Canada. The International Conference on Ocean Energy (ICOE), which is welcoming over 600 participants from 40 countries, is the world's most significant event focused on the industrial development of renewable marine energy. Now in its fifth year, the ICOE is being held in Canada for the first time.
| Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada
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For the second year in a row, Canada's Citizenship and Immigration Minister Chris Alexander, and the President of the Fédération des communautés francophones et acadienne (FCFA) du Canada Marie-France Kenny, jointly marked National Francophone Immigration Week at collège La Cité in Ottawa.
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Today, the Honourable Candice Bergen, Minister of State (Social Development) announced an investment through the Social Development Partnerships Program ¿ Disability Component (SDPP-D) of $427,626 to the Plan Institute for Citizenship and Disability and Prosper Canada for their project, "Future Planning Tool for Persons with Disabilities."
Member of Parliament Greg Kerr, on behalf of the Honourable Gail Shea, Minister of Fisheries and Oceans, highlighted today funding that the Government of Canada has provided to the "Cost-effective, innovative solutions for NS streams and barrier culverts" project. Under the second round of the Recreational Fisheries Conservation Partnerships Program, the Nova Scotia Salmon Association received $40,858 to support brook trout habitat restoration in West Nova.
Today, the Honourable Dr. K. Kellie Leitch, Minister of Labour and Minister of Status of Women, congratulated
Bradley Air Services Limited, operating as First Air, and the Canadian Union of Public Employees (CUPE) on reaching a new collective agreement for all employees, including cabin personnel and flight attendants. Their previous collective agreement expired on March 31, 2014.
The Honourable Christian Paradis, Minister of International Development and La Francophonie, will deliver remarks at the annual general meeting of the Canadian Network for Maternal, Newborn and Child Health.
