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.
Michael Geist's Blog (Free subscription) | 07/17/2008
The USTR has posted four volumes of public submissions on its Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement consultation. By contrast, Canada's DFAIT, which conducted a similar consultation this spring, offers only complete silence.
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...
Victoria Chinatown (Free subscription) | 07/15/2008
DFAIT release - The Honourable David Emerson, Minister of Foreign Affairs, will be in Beijing from August 7 to 11 to lead the Canadian government delegation attending the 2008 Olympic Games and opening ceremonies. Minister Emerson will be accompanied by the Honourable Helena Guergis, Secretary of State (Foreign Affairs and International Trade) (Sport). “I am very much looking forward to attending the...
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...
Market Wire - Government: Security (law enforcement, homeland etc) (Free subscription) | 07/14/2008
GATINEAU, QUEBEC (MARKET WIRE) The Honourable Christian Paradis, Minister of Public Works and Government Services Canada and Secretary of State (Agriculture), and the Honourable Peter Gordon MacKay, Minister of National Defence and Minister of the Atlantic Canada Opportunities Agency, today announced the Government has awarded a contract to L-3 Wescam Inc., Burlington, Ontario, for an electro-optical...
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...
Creekside (Free subscription) | 07/11/2008
Ottawa fought Khadr's transfer to Gitmo, says a Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade official, but explains : well we lost that one so when the U.S. said they would only allow foreign federal agents and not foreign diplomats in to see Khadr, I "reached out" to someone in dfait's intelligence branch and then - surprise surprise - our dfait intel guy invited some CSIS guys and the CIA...
Market Wire (Free subscription) | 07/09/2008
GATINEAU, QUEBEC (MARKET WIRE) The Honourable Christian Paradis, Minister of Public Works and Government Services Canada (PWGSC) and Secretary of State (Agriculture), and the Honourable Peter Gordon MacKay, Minister of National Defence and Minister of the Atlantic Canada Opportunities Agency, today announced that the Government of Canada has awarded a $374 million contract to General Dynamics Land...
Market Wire - Government: Security (law enforcement, homeland etc) (Free subscription) | 07/08/2008
OTTAWA, ONTARIO (MARKET WIRE) The Honourable Helena Guergis, Secretary of State (Foreign Affairs and International Trade) (Sport), will be in Montreal, today, to participate in the announcement of the 2008 Beijing Canadian Paralympic Team.
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....
The Earth Times Online Newspaper (Free subscription) | 07/05/2008
OTTAWA, ONTARIO -- 07/05/08 -- The Honourable Peter Gordon MacKay, Minister of National Defence and Minister of the Atlantic Canada Opportunities Agency, issued the following statement today on the death of a Canadian soldier: "On behalf ..
