Market Wire - Government: National (Free subscription) | 07/21/2008
OTTAWA, ONTARIO (MARKET WIRE) The Honourable Jim Prentice, Minister of Industry, and the Honourable Peter MacKay, Minister of Defence and Minister of the Atlantic Canada Opportunities Agency, today congratulated the Canadian delegation that attended last week's Farnborough International Airshow.
A Free Man's Life (Free subscription) | 07/15/2008
... Abbott and Costello; Laurel and Hardy; ... Prime Minister Stephen Harper and Minister of Defense Peter Mackay; ... Chief of the Defence Staff General Walter Natynczyk and former Chief of the Defence Staff General Rick Hillier; ... Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde; ...Bush and Cheney; ...All international media reports, think tank studies, military generals (US, Australian and British) and foreign diplomatic...
Progressive Bloggers (Free subscription) | 07/14/2008
"There's a real sense out here of an almost revolutionary movement in politics," - Michael Byers NDP, July 14, 2008 I think this Michael Byers quote is going to give Peter Mackay nightmares. The Bolsheviks are coming Peter, send a dispatch to the Czar...
Globe and Mail (Free subscription) | 07/14/2008
Ottawa promised Nova Scotia hundreds of millions of dollars yesterday to settle a dispute about offshore resources that has been simmering for more than two decades.The initial payment is nearly $250-million, Peter MacKay, cabinet minister for the Atlantic region, said on behalf of the federal government. Estimates released yesterday show the province in line for another $600-million or so over the...
TradenFairs (Free subscription) | 07/12/2008
Lunenburg-based EADS Composites Atlantic Limited is one of 18 Atlantic Canadian companies sending representatives to the 2008 Farnborough International Air Show being held July 14 to 20 in London, England. The Honourable Peter MacKay, minister of National Defence and the Atlantic Canada Opportunities Agency (ACOA), announced recently that $211,500 will be invested in an international trade mission...
Market Wire (Free subscription) | 07/08/2008
HALIFAX, NOVA SCOTIA (MARKET WIRE) Today the Honourable Stockwell Day, Minister of Public Safety, along with the Honourable Peter MacKay, Minister of National Defence and Minister of the Atlantic Canada Opportunities Agency, and the Honourable Cecil Clarke, Attorney General and Minister of Justice for Nova Scotia, announced an investment of $148,900 to support a crime prevention project in Nova Scotia....
Market Wire (Free subscription) | 07/07/2008
OTTAWA, ONTARIO (MARKET WIRE) The Honourable Stockwell Day, Minister of Public Safety, will be joined by the Honourable Peter MacKay, Minister of National Defence and Minister of the Atlantic Canada Opportunities Agency and the Honourable Cecil Clarke, Attorney General and Minister of Justice for Nova Scotia.
Progressive Bloggers (Free subscription) | 07/07/2008
The Hill Times has a piece today on the looming battle in the riding of Central Nova, where Elizabeth May is taking on Peter MacKay in an interesting battle, with the NDP having a strong shot as well. This line in that article caught my interest:Mr. MacKay got another boost recently, when he arranged a visit to the county by wildly popular and then-outgoing chief of defence staff Rick Hillier. Mr....
Michael Geist's Blog (Free subscription) | 07/04/2008
Defense Minister Peter MacKay used his monthly column in The News to discuss Bill C-61. MacKay notes that copyright was a topic of discussion over the Canada Day weekend and then proceeds to offer the standard Conservative talking points on the bill.
Naval Open Source INTelligence (Free subscription) | 06/18/2008
The federal government's Canada First Defence Strategy (CFDS) sparked significant confusion when it was released in May. Most of the strategy is not new. Defence Minister Peter MacKay noted that Canada has purchased strategic airlift and is in the process of buying tactical airlift, battlefield helicopters, main battle tanks, arctic offshore patrol vessels and joint support ships. The Minister also...
Uncommon Truths (Free subscription) | 06/16/2008
Create one : When Defence Minister Peter MacKay flew to British Columbia in January, he split his time between government business and two Tory fundraising gigs. Taxpayers footed the bill. When then-Indian affairs minister Jim Prentice flew to Nova Scotia to meet with provincial chiefs, he headlined a Conservative fundraising dinner in Prince Edward Island. Taxpayers paid for the trip. And when Fisheries...
Globe and Mail (Free subscription) | 06/16/2008
Defence Minister Peter MacKay tried to distance Canada from blame in the Kandahar jailbreak that freed hundreds of prisoners - including 400 pro-Taliban insurgents - saying the Afghan government must answer for failing to prevent it.
Alertnet (Free subscription) | 06/15/2008
Source: Reuters TORONTO, June 15 (Reuters) - Canadian Defence Minister Peter MacKay called on Sunday for calm and urged a diplomatic approach to growing tensions between Afghan and Pakistan officials. "We have ...
Globe and Mail (Free subscription) | 06/14/2008
Hopes that Pakistan's new government would prevent Taliban insurgents from crossing the border with Afghanistan are being dashed by deals with tribal groups that threaten to give them freer rein, Defence Minister Peter MacKay warned yesterday.
Globe and Mail (Free subscription) | 06/09/2008
Defence Minister Peter MacKay can kick his workouts up a notch with more precise goals
