atHome Top Story (Free subscription) | 07/22/2008
Canada's new international trade minister, Michael Fortier, has his sights set on an "ambitious" result coming out of this week's World Trade Organization talks in Geneva.
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...
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...
Naval Open Source INTelligence (Free subscription) | 07/04/2008
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 contract to the Canadian Submarine Management Group (CSMG) to provide long-term...
WindsorCityBlog (Free subscription) | 06/20/2008
If you look around long and hard enough you never know what you'll find. Here are a few treasures I found along the way. FOLLOW THE MONEY An interesting story in the Globe and Mail about election financing in Quebec. It looks like Public Works Minister Senator Michael Fortier and Transport Canada Minister Lawrence Cannon, both of whom are involved in our border crossing, are doing quite well in gaining...
Resource Shelf (Free subscription) | 05/16/2008
From the introduction: With this site, Library and Archives Canada (LAC), in co-operation with the Canada Gazette Directorate, Public Works and Government of Services Canada, will make the Gazette available online, in its entirety, for the first time. Current issues of the Canada Gazette have been available to Canadians at most libraries and through subscription, and the [...]
Military and Aerospace Electronics (Free subscription) | 04/12/2008
VANCOUVER, B.C., 12 April 2008. NGRAIN, a provider of 3D performance support solutions, has been awarded a one-year contract (with four option years) by Public Works and Government Services Canada on behalf of the Department of National Defence (DND) as a sole supplier of interactive 3D equipment simulations.
Market Wire (Free subscription) | 04/09/2008
VANCOUVER, BRITISH COLUMBIA (MARKET WIRE) NGRAIN, an award-winning provider of 3D performance support solutions, announced today that it has been awarded a one year contract (with four option years) by Public Works and Government Services Canada on behalf of the Department of National Defence (DND) as a sole supplier of interactive 3D equipment simulations. This NGRAIN Enterprise Software 3D Modelling...
Progressive Bloggers (Free subscription) | 04/08/2008
Pogge picked up on the inherent contradictions to be found in this CTV report about an RFP for helicopters that DND has apparently issued (to Boeing). Public Works Minister Michael Fortier says the helicopters are meant to re-equip the Canadian Forces over the longer term -- not to fill Canada's immediate need for helicopters in Afghanistan.But Defence Minister Peter MacKay says the helicopter purchase...
Progressive Bloggers (Free subscription) | 04/08/2008
In this CTV report on a request for proposal Ottawa has issued to Boeing for 16 military helicopters, we're told that this is for long term needs. Public Works Minister Michael Fortier says the helicopters are meant to re-equip the Canadian Forces over the longer term -- not to fill Canada's immediate need for helicopters in Afghanistan. Which makes sense because if we're only at the RFP stage, we're...
Vive le Canada (Free subscription) | 02/14/2008
Government of Canada announces additional expenditure controls on Public Opinion Research For immediate release OTTAWA, ONTARIO, February 13, 2008 − The Honourable Michael M Fortier, Minister of Public Works and Government Services, and th...
PR Leap - Recent News Releases (Free subscription) | 11/16/2007
CGI Group Inc. (TSX: GIB.A; NYSE: GIB) has been awarded a 3-year, $91.8 million dollar contract by Public Works and Government Services Canada (PWGSC). The agreement entitles PWGSC to extend the contract by four 1-year extensions. In total, the services provided could achieve a potential contract value of more than $400 million when considering growth and service transformation.
PR News Wire (Free subscription) | 11/14/2007
Stock Market Symbols GIB.A (TSX) GIB (NYSE) OTTAWA, Nov. 14 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ - CGI Group Inc. (TSX: GIB.A; NYSE: GIB) has been awarded a 3-year, $91.8 million dollar contract by Public Works and Government Services Canada (PWGSC). The agreement entitles PWGSC to extend the contract by four 1-year extensions. In total, the services provided could achieve a potential contract value of more than $400...
The Phantom Observer (Free subscription) | 06/16/2007
Mr. McKay is the Liberal MP for Scarborough-Guildwood, and yesterday he chose to use his private member’s time to attack Conservative senator (and Public Works minister) Michel Fortier. And in the middle of his rant he may have inadvertently revealed the Liberal Party opinion of the Senate as an institution. Mr. Speaker, the Prime Minister has [...]
Progressive Bloggers (Free subscription) | 06/15/2007
Stephen Harper committed his first - and one of his biggest - flip flop aboutfaces on his very first day on the job by appointing an unelected senator despite promising never to do so and appointing this unelected senator to his cabinet even though he would be unaccountable to the House of Commons and our elected representatives despite running a campaign all about accountability.The Prime Minister's...
