With shortages of health professionals on P.E.I. and across the country, a University of P.E.I. professor is looking at why it is so difficult for foreign-trained professionals to practise here.
CANADA S NEW GOVERNMENT INVESTS $11 MILLION TO IMPROVE URBAN TRANSIT SECURITY IN toronto
toronto Gord Brown, MP (Leeds-Grenville), on behalf of the Honourable Lawrence Cannon, Minister of Transport, Infrastructure and Communities, today announced up to $11 million in funding for urban transit security projects in toronto as part of the first round of funding from the Government of Canada s $80-million Transit-Secure program.
UPEI reviewing security
The University of Prince Edward Island is reviewing campus security measures in response to three sexual assaults last week at universities in Ontario.
APPOINTMENT TO THE ROYAL CANADIAN MINT
OTTAWA The Honourable Lawrence Cannon, Minister of Transport, Infrastructure and Communities, today announced the appointment of Mr. Roger Kirk MacRae to the board of directors of the Royal Canadian Mint. Mr. MacRae has been appointed for a period of three years.
Cornwall, Stratford keen for buses
P.E.I.’s two largest towns, to the east and west of Charlottetown, are looking forward to joining in with the capital’s transit system, says a study due for release Thursday.
GOVERNMENTS BREAK GROUND ON FIRST GATEWAY PROJECT
VANCOUVER Canada’s New Government and the Government of British Columbia have agreed to cost-share the construction of a new seven-lane bridge across the Pitt River. Federal Minister of International Trade and Minister for the Pacific Gateway and the Vancouver-Whistler Olympics, the Honourable David Emerson, and B.C. Premier Gordon Campbell, broke ground at the site today.
RAILWAY SAFETY ACT REVIEW CONSULTATIONS WRAP UP MINISTER CANNON LOOKS FORWARD TO REPORT
OTTAWA The Railway Safety Act review advisory panel concluded its public consultations yesterday. However, interested organizations and individuals have until August 31, 2007, to make a final written submission for the panel’s consideration.
CANADA’S NEW GOVERNMENT ANNOUNCES FIRST AIR TRANSPORT AGREEMENT WITH KUWAIT
OTTAWA The Honourable Lawrence Cannon, Minister of Transport, Infrastructure and Communities, and the Honourable David Emerson, Minister of International Trade, today announced Canada’s first air transport agreement with the State of Kuwait for scheduled air services.
Former PC leader Simms leaves housing agency
A former Tory leader in Newfoundland and Labrador has stepped down as head of the provincial government’s public housing agency.
CANADA’S NEW GOVERNMENT DELIVERS GREATER AIR TRAVEL CHOICE THROUGH OPEN SKIES AGREEMENT WITH THE UNITED STATES
OTTAWA — The Honourable Lawrence Cannon, Minister of Transport, Infrastructure and Communities, and United States (U.S.) Secretary of Transportation Mary E. Peters, today announced that the Open Skies agreement between Canada and the U.S. has now come into force.
