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L'honourable Vic Toews, C.P., M.P., le député de Provencher, le ministre de la Justice et le procureur général du Canada, a donné une parole au sujet de la Semaine nationale de sensibilitation aux victimes d'actes criminels. Cette année, le thème de la Semaine, c'est « Des gens, des services...

April 23, to April 29, is National Volunteer Week in Canada; to that end, to foster a spirit of co-operation and unity among Canadians, I would urge everyone to volunteer to do something during the next week! We should come together, to help to develop the Canadian community feeling between its...

Should buildings belonging to the Parliament of Canada, and the Government of Canada, fly flags at half-mast when members of the Canadian Forces are killed on-duty? I would suggest that yes, they should. However, the Conservative Party of Canada has decided to cease this practice...

The process being used to try Omar Khadr, a Canadian citizen suspected of acts of terrorism against the United States of America, is 'offensive', in the opinion of Lieutenant-Colonel Colby Vokey, Mr. Khadr's defense lawyer. Mr. Khadr is one of approximately ten persons being detained in the...

Potatoes from the State of Idaho of the United States of America have been banned in Canada, and the United Mexican States; Japan has banned potatoes from the United States entirely, as opposed to a state-specific ban. A pest, the potato cyst nematode, was detected on a farm in Idaho, and is...

The Honourable Scott Brison, P.C., M.P., the Member for Kings—Hants and the Environment Critic for Her Majesty's Loyal Opposition, is now a contestant in the race for the leadership of the Liberal Party of Canada. He joins six other persons in the race, which is to result in the election of the...

In the Senate of Canada, on the 5th of April, the Honourable Céline Hervieux-Payette, P.C., a Senator of the Division of Bedford for Québec introduced Bill S-207, An Act to amend the Criminal Code (protection of children). Mme. Hervieux-Payette wishes to remove the provision of the Criminal...

Today, in the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan, we were impacted by another great loss to this nation and its people, at the death of four members of the Canadian Forces, doing their duty in such an honourable fashion abroad. Despite it being posthumous, I think that it would be appropriate to...

Today the Honourable Scott Brison, P.C., M.P., the Member for Kings—Hants and the Environment Critic for Her Majesty's Loyal Opposition, encouraged the Government of Canada to heed the advice of the Right Honourable Brian Mulroney, P.C., in terms of the threat that climate change poses, and the...

The Right Honourable Stephen Harper, P.C., M.P., the Member for Calgary Southwest and the Prime Minister of Canada, announced today the appointment of Mr. Gwyn Morgan as the Chairperson of the Public Appointments Commission. The Commission would be created upon the adoption of Bill C-2, which...

Her Excellency the Right Honourable Michaëlle Jean, C.C., C.M.M., C.O.M., C.D., the Governor General of Canada, today visited the Peter Pitseolak School, where she delivered a speech to the students, and to announce her donation of thirty children's books to them (written in English, French and...

At the Board of Trade of Metropolitan Montréal today, the Right Honourable Stephen Harper, P.C., M.P., the Member for Calgary Southwest and the Prime Minister of Canada, set forth his vision in relation to how the relationship between Canada and the Province of Québec (and the other provinces)...

Tomorrow is the eightieth birthday of Her Majesty Elizabeth II, the Queen of Canada. To commemorate Her Majesty's birthday, Her Excellency the Right Honourable Michaëlle Jean, C.C., C.M.M., C.O.M., C.D., the Governor General of Canada, is going to share a cake with three hundred students at Sam...

The Government of the United States of America yesterday released a list of persons being detained at the Guantanamo Bay detention centre, after having received an Access to Information request from the Associated Press. There are five hundred fifty-eight (558) persons detained, as per the...

Mark Inky, M.P., the Member for Dauphin—Swan River—Marquette, has introduced Bill C-222, the An Act to protect Canada's hunting, trapping and fishing heritage (or, as Section 1 would have it cited, the Heritage Hunting, Trapping and Fishing Protection Act) in the House of Commons. If passed...

The Honourable Anita Neville, P.C., M.P., the Member for Winnipeg South Centre and the Indian Affairs Critic for Her Majesty's Loyal Opposition, is demanding that the present Government of Canada honour the agreement reached between Church leaders, the Assembly of First Nations and the previous...

Today, the Right Honourable Stephen Harper, P.C., M.P., the Member for Calgary Southwest and the Prime Minister of Canada announced that his Government of Canada would be moving to introduce and pass some comprehensive changes to the administration of justice in Canada. Among these changes, Mr...

After ninety scientists and experts took the step of addressing an open letter to the Right Honourable Stephen Harper, P.C., M.P., the Member for Calgary Southwest and the Prime Minister of Canada in relation to climate change and the dangers it has been found to pose to this generation, the...

During a dinner hosted by the Honourable Paul Okalik, the Government Leader of the Territory of Nunavut after having commemorated the coming of spring with the Toonik Tyme celebration, Her Excellency the Right Honourable Michaëlle Jean, C.C., C.M.M., C.O.M., C.D., the Governor General of Canada...

It was announced today that the Honourable Michael Fortier, P.C., the Senator for the Division of Rougement in Québec and the Minister of Public Works and Government Services had re-appointed Mr. John McLure as the Chair of Defence Construction Canada. Mr. McLure has extensive experience in...