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26 unusual facts about Government of Canada


Africa–Canada relations

That same year the Canadian government also suspended all aid to Africa, a sharp shift from its position as a key humanitarian donor and development partner in Africa.

Air Defense Anti-Tank System

In September 2005, the Canadian Government and the Canadian Forces announced a modernization program, transforming the ADATS and associated command, control and communications systems into a Multi-Mission Effects Vehicle (MMEV).

Canada–Europe relations

However, since 1945 Europe has become increasingly institutionalized, and the Government of Canada deals directly with the major European multilateral organizations.

Canadian Air Transport Security Authority

After September 11, 2001, the Government of Canada took responsibility for airport screening which, until then, was the responsibility of the airlines.

Canadian Senate Standing Committee on Social Affairs, Science and Technology

The Standing Committee on Social Affairs, Science and Technology is a Canadian Senate committee of the Government of Canada.

Commissioners of the Northwest Territories

As Commissioners are appointed by the Canadian federal government it is a misnomer to consider the office the Monarch's viceregal representative in the territory--that is, unlike in Canada's provinces, there is no such thing as a "territorial Crown" analogous to the provincial Crowns.

Confederation Station

Confederation O-Train Station is an O-Train station located near Heron Road and Bronson Avenue in Ottawa, Ontario, which primarily serves the Government of Canada offices in the Confederation Heights area, and students from Brookfield High School.

Diamond D-Jet

This announcement came after the Government of Canada announced it was giving the company a “Cdn$19.6 million strategic, repayable investment” and the Government of Ontario announced that it had given the company Cdn$11 million.

Edmonton EXPO 2017

In spring of 2009, the Government of Canada's Department of Canadian Heritage, through the Federation of Canadian Municipalities, distributed a request to Canadian cities to express their intent to bid on an EXPO in 2017.

Geographical Names Board of Canada

Geographical Names Board of Canada (GNBC) is a national committee of Natural Resources Canada, part of the Government of Canada, which authorizes the names used on official federal government maps of Canada created since 1897.

Hawker Siddeley

In 1945, the Hawker Siddeley purchased Victory Aircraft of Malton, Ontario, Canada from the Canadian government, renaming the company A.V. Roe Canada, commonly known as Avro Canada, initially a wholly owned subsidiary of Hawker Siddeley.

Idukki Dam

The Government of Canada aided the Project with long term loans and grants.

Kaman SH-2 Seasprite

In 1960, the Royal Canadian Navy (RCN) announced that the HU2K was the frontrunner for a large anti-submarine warfare contract; the Canadian Treasury Board had approved an initial procurement of 12 units for $14.5 million.

La Fontaine Park

This land was sold in 1845 to the Government of Canada, which then used it for military practice for 40 years.

LAV III

On October 21, 2011 the Canadian government announced a $1.1 billion contract to General Dynamics Land Systems to upgrade 550 LAV III combat vehicles.

Lonsdale Energy Corp

Green Municipal Funds, endowed by the Government of Canada and administered by the Federation of Canadian Municipalities, support the project with a $2 million low-interest loan and a $2 million grant.

National Shipbuilding Procurement Strategy

The National Shipbuilding Procurement Strategy is a Government of Canada program operated by the Department of Public Works and Government Services.

New Fighter Aircraft Project

The New Fighter Aircraft Project (NFA) was a Government of Canada defence procurement project undertaken in the late 1970s that saw the Department of National Defence (DND) select a single new fighter jet to replace the fleets of CF-101 Voodoo, CF-104 Starfighter and CF-116 Freedom Fighter aircraft in the Canadian Forces.

Passport Canada

Passport Canada (previously known as the Passport Office) is an independent operating agency of the Government of Canada with bureaucratic oversight provided through the Citizenship and Immigration Canada portfolio.

Public Service of Canada

The Public Service of Canada, known as the Civil Service of Canada prior to 1967, is the civil service, or bureaucracy, of the Government of Canada.

Retire Your Ride

On June 4, 2008 the Government of Canada announced the "National Vehicle Scrappage Program", which would create incentives for residents of Canada to trade in their old, higher-polluting vehicles to promote cleaner alternatives resulting in cleaner air and a healthier environment.

U.S. Coalition for Fair Lumber Imports

The U.S. Coalition for Fair Lumber Imports is a lobby group in the United States that has protested against alleged subsidies the Government of Canada has given members of its pulp and paper industry.

William Foran

For over 50 years, he was secretary of the Board of Civil Service Examiners and its follow-up organization, the Civil Service Commission of the Government of Canada.

Willoughby Gwatkin

In July 1913 he was appointed Chief Staff Officer, Canada, the first to be appointed by the Dominion Government instead of by the British War Office.

Wolf Dog

While not an artistic or commercial success, the film is noteworthy in that it was created almost 40 years before Telefilm Canada and federal government subsidies enabled big-name movies to be filmed in Canadian locales.

World Affairs Council of Seattle

He joined the Council in the middle of a career working with CARE and the Canadian government.


Airbus affair

The Airbus affair refers to allegations of secret commissions paid to members of the Government of Canada during the term of Prime Minister Brian Mulroney (1984–93), in exchange for then-crown corporation Air Canada's purchase of a large number of Airbus jets.

Canadian Coalition for Democracies

The CCD placed particular emphasis on calling for the Canadian government to adopt a pro-Israel stance, and rejected providing Palestinians with any development or humanitarian assistance and was very critical of the Muslim world and, in particular, of groups such as Hamas and Hezbollah.

Canadian Museum for Human Rights

Funding for the capital costs of the CMHR is coming from three jurisdictions of government, the federal Crown, the provincial Crown, and the City of Winnipeg, as well as private donations.

Claude Brochu

He asked for subsidies from the Canadian and Quebec governments of the time, but when this attempt failed, he resigned in 1998 and sold his shares to New York businessman Jeffrey Loria.

Cordell Barker

He has worked on commercial campaigns for entities such as Coca-Cola, Bell Canada, Lors, Nike, and the Government of Canada.

Discards

Canada has also instituted a ban on discarding at sea in its Atlantic groundfish fishery that makes it illegal to return to the water any groundfish except those specifically authorised and those caught in cod traps.

Eagle Premier

As a result, the automotive supplier received $10 million grants from the governments of both Canada and Ontario to expanded the metal stamping plant in Milton, Ontario.

Gomery Commission

The Gomery Commission, formally the Commission of Inquiry into the Sponsorship Program and Advertising Activities, was a federal Canadian Royal Commission headed by the retired Justice John Gomery for the purpose of investigating the sponsorship scandal, which involved allegations of corruption within the Canadian government.

Investors Group Field

David Asper's original proposal involved both federal and provincial government financial contributions ($40 Million each), as well as a transfer of assets (the publicly owned Blue Bomber franchise itself will be transferred into Asper's control, and the existing undeveloped commercial real estate surrounding the stadium).

John Macoun

Macoun's reports from west attracted the notice of Alfred Richard Cecil Selwyn, director of the Geological Survey of Canada, and in 1879, the Government of Canada took the unusual step of officially appointing him "Explorer of the Northwest territories".

Missinipi Broadcasting Corporation

In 1983, the federal government introduced the Northern Native Broadcast Access Program (NNBAP), funded and supported by the Department of Canadian Heritage.

Niki Ashton

Vale, which owned the refinery after it took over Canadian company Inco, had earlier received a $1 billion unsecured loan from the Harper Government, and under the Investment Canada Act signed a contractual agreement with the federal government.

Provincial Secretary and Registrar of Ontario

The provincial secretary was also responsible for official communications between the provincial government and the Colonial Office in London as well as with other provincial and colonial governments (and after 1867 the federal government).

Quebec Autoroute 10

The A-10 in Montreal is jointly owned by the city of Montreal, the Société Les Ponts Jacques Cartier, and Federal Bridge Corporation (an agency of the Government of Canada).

Rachel Chatterjee

The Government of Canada awarded her the Lester Pearson Fellowship at the University of Ottawa.

Rosseau Lake College

The Guest Speaker for the 2007 dinner was the Government of Canada's Minister of the Federal Economic Development Initiative for Northern Ontario and Federal Minister of Health, Tony Clement.

Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples

The Commission of Inquiry investigate the evolution of the relationship among aboriginal peoples (First Nations, Inuit and Métis), the Government of Canada, Indian and Northern Affairs Canada and part of the Culture of Canada as a whole.

Rudyard Griffiths

He is a member of the executive committee of the board of the Global Centre for Pluralism; an international initiative of His Highness the Aga Khan and the Government of Canada and is a member of the Canadian advisory board of the U.K. based Ditchley Foundation.

Sahtu Dene and Metis Comprehensive Land Claim Agreement

The Government of Canada agreed to negotiate self-government agreements on a community by community basis with the five Sahtu communities of Colville Lake, Fort Good Hope, Tulita, Deline, and Norman Wells.

Stevie Cameron

The book raised questions about the ethics of former Progressive Conservative Prime Minister Brian Mulroney and his alleged involvement in secret commissions paid by Karlheinz Schreiber to members of the Government of Canada, and to Conservative-linked lobbyists, in exchange for then-crown corporation Air Canada's purchase of 34 Airbus jets.