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Canada, India use biennial summit to further strengthen economic ties January 16, 2015 — Ottawa — Canada’s Citizenship and Immigration Minister Chris Alexander today concluded a busy and successful trip to India, which saw a number of important advances in our bilateral relationship. Alexander led the largest-ever Canadian delegation to the Vibrant Gujarat conference, where […]

“Each year on January 17th, Canadians pay tribute to Raoul Wallenberg, one of the greatest heroes of the 20th century. “Raoul Wallenberg was a Swedish diplomat sent to Budapest, Hungary, during the Second World War. At great personal risk, he helped rescue tens of thousands of Hungarian Jews from certain death at the hands of

Starting this year, candidates may be nominated in one of three categories January 19, 2015—Ottawa—Canadians are invited to submit nominations for the seventh-annual Paul Yuzyk Award for Multiculturalism, Jason Kenney, Minister for Multiculturalism, announced today.   New this year, candidates may now be nominated in one of three categories: Youth, Organization (Private or Non-profit), or

Ottawa, January 20, 2015 — The Honourable Tim Uppal, Minister of State (Multiculturalism), issued the following statement condemning the act of vandalism against the Beth Israel Synagogue in Edmonton: “I was deeply saddened to hear reports of an act of anti-Semitic vandalism to the Beth Israel Synagogue in Edmonton. I have visited this synagogue many

“It is with great pride that I mark the occasion of the very first Lincoln Alexander Day across Canada. On this date each year, Canadians will have the opportunity to be inspired by the life and work of a great Canadian. “Born in 1922 to a father who was a porter and a mother who

Good morning. Thank you to Principal Hopkins and to all of the teachers and staff for making me feel so welcome, and thanks most of all to you, the students of Lincoln Alexander Elementary School, for welcoming me today. When Lincoln Alexander was little, his mother used to say, “Go to school, you’re a little

Thanks for the opportunity to join your celebrations of this first-ever national Lincoln Alexander Day.  There is no place I would rather be today than right here at home in Ajax, in this school bearing the proud name of one of Canada’s truly great citizens. I have three connections with the man and the day.

Government opening the Immigrant Investor Venture Capital Pilot Program January 23, 2015 — Ottawa — Canada’s Citizenship and Immigration Minister Chris Alexander and Industry Minister James Moore announced today that Canada will start accepting applications for the Immigrant Investor Venture Capital (IIVC) Pilot Program on January 28, 2015. The program will be open for applications

“January 26th marks the 66th Republic Day of India. On this day in 1950, the world’s largest democracy became a fully-independent republic when the Constitution of India came into force, replacing the Government of India Act as the country’s governing document. “Republic Day celebrations are ones of pomp and pageantry, drawing thousands of people from

“This poignant day marks the 70th anniversary of the liberation of the Auschwitz-Birkenau Nazi death camp, where more than one million people – most of them Jewish — were sent to gas chambers and to their agonizing deaths. “The horrifying atrocities of the Shoah must never be forgotten. The extent of the cruelty of the