Yesterday

Mentioned by CBC.ca Finley expected to detail EI changes Thursday But another minister, Atlantic Canada Opportunities Agency Minister Bernard Valcourt, cast doubt on the one-hour estimate and said he doesn't expect people will have to travel an hour to take a job in order to qualify for employment insurance benefits ...

Mentioned by Updated News EI changes won't mean long commutes, Tory minister says Atlantic Canada Opportunities Agency Minister Bernard Valcourt is contradicting the claims made by another federal New Brunswick cabinet minister over the upcoming Employment Insurance reforms. Valcourt, who is also the Conservative MP for ...

Posted on Twitter La ministre Shea, le député Weston et moi-même concluront demain une série de belles annonces sur l'innovation http://t.co/k0uyNUxv #NB #PEI

Posted on Twitter Minister Shea, MP Weston and myself will conclude tomorrow a great serie of innovation announcements http://t.co/f8oOmE8P #NB #PEI

Mentioned by CBC.ca EI changes won't mean long commutes, Tory minister says Atlantic Canada Opportunities Agency Minister Bernard Valcourt is contradicting the claims made by another federal New Brunswick cabinet minister over the upcoming Employment Insurance reforms. Valcourt, who is also the Conservative MP for ...

Two days ago

Mentioned by CBC.ca (blog) Orders of the Day - Oh, What A Lovely War (of 1812 Bicentennial Commemoration ... ACOA Minister Bernard Valcourt teams up with his Atlantic Canadian cabinet colleague Keith Ashfield for a "major innovation investment announcement" in Fredericton, during which the results of the first round of "competitive" funding applications will ...

Posted on Twitter ensemble et qui répondent plus adéquatement aux besoins des PME et des collectivités du Canada atlantique 3/3

Posted on Twitter provinciaux, les municipalités et d’autres intervenants économiques afin d’examiner d’autres modèles plus efficaces de travailler 2/3

Posted on Twitter Développement économique régional : Au cours de la prochaine année, l’APECA collaborera avec les gouvernements 1/3 http://t.co/VDnnUtI6

Posted on Twitter & other economic partners to explore alternate more effective ways to work together for the benefit of SMEs & communities across Atl Can 2/2

Mentioned by Daily Business Buzz NS: Ottawa invests in construction industry “Our government's priorities are jobs, growth and long-term prosperity,” said Scott Armstrong, Member of Parliament for Cumberland-Colchester-Musquodoboit Valley, on behalf of Bernard Valcourt, Minister of State for the Atlantic Canada Opportunities ...

Mentioned by CBC.ca ACOA cuts regional development funding 'Significant' job losses Newfoundland and Labrador Liberal MP Gerry Byrne criticized the decision made by ACOA Minister Bernard Valcourt. "The federal government is abandoning every corner of Atlantic Canada," Byrne said in a statement.

A week ago

Voted No on Vote #224 That, in the opinion of the House, the government should: ( a) recognize the contributions that the baby ...

Voted Yes on Vote #223 on Bill C-316 Amend the Employment Insurance Act (incarceration)

Voted Yes on Vote #222 on Bill C-316 Amend the Employment Insurance Act (incarceration)

Voted No on Vote #221 on Bill C-316 Amend the Employment Insurance Act (incarceration)

Voted No on Vote #220 That, in the opinion of the House, the Budget legislation guts the environmental assessment and fisheries laws, leaving ...

Two months ago

Spoke in the House on International Day of La Francophonie Mr. Speaker, as the minister responsible for La Francophonie and on behalf of the Government of Canada, it is with great enthusiasm that I wish to ...

Three months ago

Spoke in the House on Shipbuilding Industry Mr. Speaker, this represents a historic occasion for our region. This morning my colleagues and I were in Dartmouth to unveil the Atlantic shipbuilding action plan. ...

Spoke in the House on Atlantic Canada Opportunities Agency Mr. Speaker, again, I do not know what he is getting excited about. The hiring by local development organizations is their responsibility. As for the other ...

More than three months ago

Spoke in the House on Government Appointments Mr. Speaker, as the hon. member ought to know, the staffing of positions at ACOA is done by the public service, and the Public Service Commission ...

Spoke in the House on Questions on the Order Paper Mr. Speaker, producing the information requested would involve translating and manually reviewing thousands of records and descriptions. In addition to being cost-prohibitive, producing and translating such ...

Spoke in the House on Atlantic Canada Opportunities Agency Mr. Speaker, I am surprised, because I thought the NDP member from Atlantic Canada was going to rise to congratulate the government on its shipbuilding strategy, ...

Spoke in the House on Atlantic Canada Opportunities Agency Mr. Speaker, these are not reckless cuts. This is streamlining the operation to give better service and better programs to Atlantic Canadians out of the Atlantic ...

Spoke in the House on Questions on the Order Paper Mr. Speaker, insofar as the Atlantic Canada Opportunities Agency, ACOA, is concerned, with regard to the operating budget freeze, in response to (a), the agency is ...

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