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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.
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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.
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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...
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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...
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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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Market Wire (Free subscription) | 10/25/2009
MONTREAL, QUEBEC (MARKET WIRE) The Honourable Peter Van Loan, Minister of Public Safety, will be joined by the Honourable Christian Paradis, Minister of Public Works and Government Services Canada and Shelly Glover, Parliamentary Secretary for Official Languages. The Ministers will speak and a photo opportunity will follow.
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Market Wire (Free subscription) | 10/23/2009
OTTAWA, ONTARIO (MARKET WIRE) The Honourable Peter Van Loan, Minister of Public Safety, today released the third report of the RCMP Reform Implementation Council, as part of the Government's continuing efforts to help make the RCMP a stronger, more effective organization.
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Monitoring and Evaluation NEWS (Free subscription) | 10/20/2009
Denis Jobin National Crime Prevention Center, Public Safety Canada, Canada, denis_jobin@yahoo.ca//
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Market Wire (Free subscription) | 10/18/2009
OTTAWA, ONTARIO (MARKET WIRE) The Honourable Peter Van Loan, Minister of Public Safety, made the following statement today in response to a vessel of unknown origin entering Canadian waters,
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Market Wire (Free subscription) | 10/15/2009
TORONTO, ONTARIO (MARKET WIRE) Today, the Honourable Peter Van Loan, Minister of Public Safety announced federal support of over $5.1 million for two local projects that will help at-risk youth in Toronto.
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Market Wire (Free subscription) | 10/08/2009
OTTAWA, ONTARIO (MARKET WIRE) The Honourable Peter Van Loan, Minister of Public Safety, made the following statement today in response to the tragic death of a Correctional Service of Canada employee.