Market Wire (Free subscription) | 12/01/2009
NEPEAN, ONTARIO (MARKET WIRE) The Honourable Peter Van Loan, Minister of Public Safety, will join Lianna McDonald, Executive Director, Canadian Centre for Child Protection and Barry Chapman, Bell Canada, Vice President, Regulatory Affairs in speaking and a photo opportunity will follow.
Cowboys for Social Responsibility (Free subscription) | 11/27/2009
Emboldened by the recent House of Commons vote to emasculate the gun registry, Canada's gun lobby has now taken it upon itself to announce today's Harper government retreat on gun control . I wonder if they bothered to talk to law enforcement this time. It's pretty clear that they didn't consult cops in 2007. November 23, 2007 The Honourable Stockwell Day, P.C., M.P. Minister Public Safety Canada 340...
Market Wire (Free subscription) | 11/27/2009
CALGARY, ALBERTA (MARKET WIRE) Today, the Honourable Peter Van Loan, Minister of Public Safety, announced federal support of over $2 million for two projects aimed at preventing crime in Calgary and the surrounding area.
Market Wire (Free subscription) | 11/27/2009
OTTAWA, ONTARIO (MARKET WIRE) The Honourable Rob Nicholson, Minister of Justice and Attorney General of Canada on behalf of the Honourable Peter Van Loan, Minister of Public Safety, today introduced in the House of Commons legislation to implement the Canada-U.S. Framework Agreement on Integrated Cross-Border Maritime Law Enforcement Operations, also known as "Shiprider". The Keeping Canadians...
Market Wire (Free subscription) | 11/27/2009
CALGARY, ALBERTA (MARKET WIRE) The Honourable Peter Van Loan, Minister of Public Safety and Mr. Doug Griffiths, Parliamentary Assistant for the Alberta Department of the Solicitor General and Public Security, will speak and a photo opportunity will follow.
Market Wire (Free subscription) | 11/26/2009
OTTAWA, ONTARIO (MARKET WIRE) The Honourable Peter Van Loan, Minister of Public Safety and Mr. Daniel Petit, Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Justice, today announced the introduction of legislative amendments to the International Transfer of Offenders Act, the next step in making the "protection of society" the primary focus of the Canadian corrections system. These amendments...
The Earth Times Online Newspaper (Free subscription) | 11/24/2009
WASHINGTON, DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA -- 11/24/09 -- U.S. Department of Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano and Public Safety Canada Minister Peter Van Loan today announced initiatives between the United States and Canada. Those initi..
Market Wire (Free subscription) | 11/09/2009
THUNDER BAY, ONTARIO (MARKET WIRE) The Honourable Peter Van Loan, Canada's Minister of Public Safety and the Honourable Rick Bartolucci, Minister of Community Safety and Correctional Services for Ontario will speak and a photo opportunity will follow.
People Daily (Free subscription) | 11/04/2009
Canada is ill-prepared to deal with terror attacks, pandemics and other national emergencies because it lacks a mechanism for coordinating different government departments, the country's Auditor General said Tuesday. Public Safety Canada, the agency established in 2003 and tasked with coordinating the government's response to emergencies, has yet to have its emergency response plan to be adopted and...
Impolitical (Free subscription) | 11/03/2009
A timely report from the independent Auditor General whom Conservatives have loved in recent years: "Federal disaster plan comes up short: auditor general." Public Safety Canada comes in for criticism, said department being under Peter Van Loan's leadership. Seems not much has been done on emergency preparedness although Peter professes earnestly that he'll now do his homework. As the H1N1...
Creekside (Free subscription) | 11/02/2009
Out here in Lotusland "Exercise Gold", the full-on security rehearsal for the 2010 Owelympics, begins today and runs through Friday. It involves simulated chemical, biological, nuclear and explosive incidents in and around Vancouver. While the Vancouver Sun excitedly pumps away on its joey smallwood - Fighter jets to buzz Vancouver! - Public Safety Canada carefully explains who is involved...
Market Wire (Free subscription) | 10/30/2009
RICHMOND, BRITISH COLUMBIA (MARKET WIRE) First responders will participate in an exercise to practice their response to an emergency situation. The exercise is a component of Exercise Gold - the third and final element of the 2010 Olympic Integrated Exercise Program.
A BCer in Toronto (Free subscription) | 10/30/2009
Auditor General Sheila Fraser is bringing down her next report next week (November 3rd) and a list of the topics she'll be reporting on has been released: Fall 2009 Auditor General’s Report Chapter 1, Evaluating the Effectiveness of Programs Chapter 2, Selecting Foreign Workers Under the Immigration Program Chapter 3, Income Tax Legislation Chapter 4, Electronic Health Records Chapter 5, Acquiring...
Room 611 (Free subscription) | 10/29/2009
Thursday's schedule is B-A-Lunch-D-C. B - Geography 12 - Today we will quickly review rivers and streams by watching the Brain Pop video on floods . After we will discuss floods and watch a video on the Red River flood of 1997 ("Flood of the Millennium") and then you'll need to work on the Red River flood study in your week 8 package. Some web pages to help with the causes of floods and flood...
Market Wire (Free subscription) | 10/26/2009
HALIFAX, NOVA SCOTIA (MARKET WIRE) Rob Moore, Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Justice, on behalf of the Honourable Peter Van Loan, Minister of Public Safety, announced today that the Government of Canada plans to fix the problem in the parole system that allows early release of criminals.
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