Toronto Sun - News (Free subscription) | 12/07/2009
The Canadian government could save up to $18 million a year by adopting "Open Office" software instead of continuing to deal with traditional suppliers who charge licensing fees for computer applications, says a risk-assessment paper prepared for Public Works and Government Services Canada.
Inside Track - Breaking News Blog (Free subscription) | 11/27/2009
Montréal, November 27, 2009-The governments of Canada and Québec, Montréal and Tourisme Montréal are proud to announce that the Grand Prix du Canada will return to Montréal on June 13 through a $15 million annual investment over the next five years. The Government of Canada and Tourisme Montréal will each contribute $5 million of this amount. The Government...
Market Wire (Free subscription) | 11/24/2009
OTTAWA, ONTARIO (MARKET WIRE) The Honourable Rob Nicholson, P.C., Q.C., M.P. for Niagara Falls, Minister of Justice and Attorney General of Canada, and the Honourable Christian Paradis, P.C., M.P. for Megantic-L'Erable and Minister of Public Works and Government Services, today announced the introduction of legislation to assist in the fight against sexual exploitation of children by requiring suppliers...
Cowboys for Social Responsibility (Free subscription) | 11/07/2009
In response to this post about Peter Van Loan's belated tabling of the 2008 Report of the Commissioner of Firearms , one of Kady O'Malley's commenters asked why the RCMP Firearms registry was playing hide the penny with pre -Harper era reports from the Commissioner of Firearms. That's a good question. Why would the reports no longer be available in the place where interested people would look for them...
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.
Market Wire (Free subscription) | 10/20/2009
OTTAWA, ONTARIO (MARKET WIRE) We regretfully announce that the Public Works and Government Services Canada employee, who was critically injured in yesterday's explosion at the Cliff Heating Plant, passed away this morning.
Impolitical (Free subscription) | 10/19/2009
Item yesterday from CP on a Conservative Senator's employment with a Montreal firm that received a federal stimulus contract: A Montreal firm landed a federal stimulus contract while a top Tory organizer and senator was on the payroll, The Canadian Press has learned. Senator Leo Housakos's employer, BPR Inc., was part of a consortium that won a $1.4-million engineering contract to study the future...
Full Comment (Free subscription) | 10/09/2009
For those of you who haven't been following the utterly scintillating ongoing dust-up between Rideau Hall and the Prime Minister's Office, here are the basics: On Monday in Paris, Governor-General Michaëlle Jean twice referred to herself as Canada's "head of state." She isn't (though she's often referred to as such); the Queen is; and the PMO publicly set her straight on the matter....
ElasticVapor - Life in the cloud (Free subscription) | 10/08/2009
This week I had the honor of organizing and hosting the first in a series of Global Government Cloud Computing Roundtables. This first event was held in Ottawa, Ontario and was coordinated in partnership with Jennifer Meacher of Canada's Foreign Affairs and International Trade Canada (DFAIT) and held along side the GTEC conference. The purpose of this by invitation meeting was to provide an international...
Market Wire (Free subscription) | 09/24/2009
QUEBEC CITY, QUEBEC (MARKET WIRE) The Honourable Christian Paradis, Minister of Public Works and Government Services and Member of Parliament for Megantic-L'Erable, today announced, on behalf of the Minister of the Environment, the Honourable Jim Prentice, a grant of $2,143,588 to finance 40 projects for the protection of species at risk and their habitat in Quebec. These funds are drawn from the Habitat...
Market Wire (Free subscription) | 09/24/2009
PLESSISVILLE, QUEBEC (MARKET WIRE) The Honorable Christian Paradis, Minister of Public Works and Government Services and Member of Parliament for Megantic-L'Erable, today announced, on behalf of the Minister of the Environment, the Honorable Jim Prentice, a grant of $2,143,588 to finance 40 projects for the protection of species at risk and their habitat in Quebec. These funds are drawn from the Habitat...
Market Wire (Free subscription) | 09/23/2009
PLESSISVILLE, QUEBEC (MARKET WIRE) On behalf of the Minister of the Environment, the Honourable Jim Prentice, the Honourable Christian Paradis, Minister of Public Works and Government Services and Member of Parliament for Megantic-l'Erable will attend a news conference to announce federal contributions to species at risk projects in Quebec.
The Torch (Free subscription) | 09/11/2009
The government can't figure out how to divvy up the pork : The federal government doesn't yet have a long-term maintenance contract for its new air force transport planes because it's balking at the high costs and arguing about benefits to Canadian industry. The air force is due to take possession of the first of its new C-130J Hercules aircraft, but without a maintenance deal... A $1.4-billion contract...
Market Wire (Free subscription) | 09/09/2009
SHERBROOKE, QUEBEC (MARKET WIRE) The Honourable Christian Paradis, Minister of Public Works and Government Services, on behalf of the Honourable Gary Goodyear, Minister of State (Science and Technology), today recognized Systemes d'Energie et Propulsion EPS Inc. as a Canadian Innovation Leader for developing high-tech electronic-propulsion solutions for cyclists, linking scientific research to commercialization,...
ElasticVapor - Life in the cloud (Free subscription) | 09/04/2009
I am happy to announce my involvement as both instigator and moderator in an upcoming roundtable discussion on Global Governmental Cloud Computing coordinated by Foreign Affairs and International Trade Canada (DFAIT) and GTEC 2009 on October 6th in Ottawa, Canada. The purpose of this by invitation meeting is to provide an international forum for leading government CIOs and CTOs to discuss the opportunities...
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