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The Honourable Peter Kent, Canada’s Environment Minister and Minister responsible for Parks Canada, has announced the designation of seven new places, persons, and events of national historic significance that recognize the importance of scientists, transportation systems, and explorers throughout Canada’s history. Read the rest of this entry »

For a 30^thconsecutive year, Montrealers and other festival visitors will be able to discover the world of media arts and art films at the International Festival of Films on Art (FIFA), thanks to support from the Government of Canada. This was reaffirmed today by the Honourable James Moore, Minister of Canadian Heritage and Official Languages. Read the rest of this entry »

Via the BC Government: The Film and Television Tax Credit Program (FTTC) provides refundable tax credits to eligible corporations that produce eligible film or video productions in British Columbia. The credits are for domestic productions with qualifying levels of Canadian content. Read the rest of this entry »

Students and graduates in the Waterloo area and across southern Ontario, will benefit from nearly $2.5 million to help stimulate innovation through skills training. This funding, announced today by Peter Braid, Member of Parliament for Kitchener-Waterloo, on behalf of the Honourable Gary Goodyear, Minister of State for the Federal Economic Development Agency for Southern Ontario (FedDev Ontario), will enable the University of Waterloo, Shad Valley International, and University of Waterloo Commercialization Centre to expand their diverse programming in the science, technology, engineering and math (STEM) fields. Read the rest of this entry »

The Canada Revenue Agency (CRA) has created a single Web page where businesses can access all available online options for managing their tax information. Do you need to make a payment? Need an access code? Those services and more are available on this page. The CRA’s online services make handling your business tax matters fast, easy, and secure. Read the rest of this entry »

The Honourable Bernard Valcourt, Minister of State for Atlantic Canada Opportunities Agency, today announced a Government of Canada investment that will help people in New Brunswick develop the skills needed for an increasingly technological world. Read the rest of this entry »

Boast Capital, an Alberta-based Scientific Research and Experimental Development (SR&ED) consulting firm, has released their review of the long awaited Taxpayers’ Ombudsman Report (PDF) on the administration of the SR&ED program by the Canada Revenue Agency (CRA). Read the rest of this entry »

The Canadian Association of Chiefs of Police (CACP) is asking Canadians to consider the views of law enforcement as they debate what we refer to as ‘ lawful access’,  or Bill C-30 – “An Act to enact the Investigating and Preventing Criminal Electronic Communications Act and to amend the Criminal Code and other Acts.“ Read the rest of this entry »

The Honourable Denis Lebel, Minister of Transport, Infrastructure and Communities and Minister of the Economic Development Agency of Canada for the Regions of Quebec, announces that the firm Mingus Software Inc. has been granted financial assistance to commercialize its Hotello hospitality management software in Latin America and the United States. Read the rest of this entry »

The Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission (CRTC) announced a three-month trial that will allow 911 call centres to communicate with pre-registered participants with hearing and speech impairments by text message. Read the rest of this entry »