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Photographs of ministerial, departmental and other transportation activities
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TORONTO, Ontario −
Announcement of up to $20 million in funding for an innovative urban
green space, Evergreen at the Brick Works. Shown (l-r) are the Honourable
Lawrence Cannon, Minister of Transportation, Infrastructure and Communities; Ken Tanenbaum, Co-Chair of Evergreen's capital campaign; Geoff Cape, Executive
Director of Evergreen; the Honourable Jim Flaherty, Minister of Finance; and
George Dark, Chair, Evergreen Board of Directors. |
Photo: Peter Thomson
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MIRABEL, Quebec −
Prime Minister Stephen Harper at the
announcement of the
establishment of a sales program for the 11,000 acres of farmland in Mirabel.
In the front row are Laurent Pellerin, President of the Union des producteurs
agricoles du Quebec; the Honourable Lawrence Cannon, Minister of Transport,
Infrastructure and Communities; Marcel Denis, of the Union des producteurs
agricoles de la région de l'Outaouais-Laurentides; and Jacques Gourde,
Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Agriculture and Agri-Food. At the
rear are some of the members of the 11,000 Acres Committee. |
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Prime Minister Stephen Harper and the Honourable Lawrence Cannon with maps
showing the sales program for lands surrounding the Mirabel airport. |
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Prime Minister Stephen Harper at the announcement of the establishment of a
sales program for the 11,000 acres of farmland in Mirabel. He is accompanied in
the first row by the Honourable Lawrence Cannon; Marcel Denis, of the Union des
producteurs agricoles de la région de l'Outaouais-Laurentides; and Jacques
Gourde, Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Agriculture and Agri-Food. |
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TORONTO, Ontario − Minister Cannon, along with Ontario Minister of Transportation,
Donna Cansfield, and CEO of the Southern Ontario Gateway Council, Richard
Koroscil, at the official launch of the Southern Ontario Gateway Council on
December 7, 2006. |
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Minister Cannon, co-chair of the Southern Ontario Gateway
Council, speaks at the launch of the Council.
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Donna Cansfield, Ontario Minister of Transportation and
co-chair of the Southern Ontario Gateway Council, speaks at the launch of the
Council. |
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Richard Koroscil, CEO of the Southern Ontario Gateway Council
and President of Hamilton International Airport, speaks to the room full of
transportation stakeholders at the launch of the Southern Ontario Gateway
Council. |
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Reporters ask Minister Cannon questions after the launch of the
Southern Ontario Gateway Council at the Toronto Port building. |
Printed with the permission of the Southern Ontario Gateway Council
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LA PECHE, Quebec − The Minister of Transport, Infrastructure
and Communities, the Honourable Lawrence Cannon; the Quebec Transport
Minister, Mr. Michel Després; the Minister responsible for the
Outaouais region and MP for Chapleau, Mr. Benoît Pelletier; and
the MP for Gatineau, Mr. Réjean Lafrenière, today announced the
extension of Highway 5 in the Outaouais region. |
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LERY, Quebec −
Prime Minister Harper with Jean Charest, Premier of Quebec, to his right and
Minister Cannon to his left; at the
completion of the west end of highway 30. |
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BUCKINGHAM, Quebec − Minister of Transport, Infrastructure and Communities,
Lawrence Cannon at École St-Michel shows parents how important
properly installed infant or
child seats
are to the safety of small or pre-school aged children. As of April
1, 2007, all new school buses will need to have the tools to
accommodate infant and child seats. |
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PAS, Manitoba − The community of Pukatawagan and surrounding areas
celebrate the transfer of a railway line in northern Manitoba to
Keewatin Railway Company. |
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Jean, Parliamentary Secretary to Lawrence Cannon, Minister of
Transport, Infrastructure and Communities and Ron Lemieux, Minister
of Transportation and Government Services Manitoba were on hand to
mark the transfer of the 185-mile Sherridon subdivision, which runs
between Sherritt Junction and Lynn Lake in Manitoba. |
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Railway Company, a First Nations-owned railway company, received
funding from the Government of Canada, the
Province of Manitoba and three First Nations
communities for the railway line purchase. |
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OTTAWA, Ontario − Lawrence Cannon, Minister of Transport, Infrastructure and
Communities, along with Bob Chiarelli, Mayor of Ottawa, launching
the City of Ottawa’s new
ridematching system. |
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The launch of
Ottawaridematch.com took place on Sparks Street, between Bank
Street and O’Connor Street. |
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At the ceremony, the City of Ottawa
presented officials from Nortel, the University of Ottawa and
Transport Canada with Travelwise awards, recognizing their
longstanding and successful commuting programs. Minister Cannon
accepted the award on behalf of Transport Canada. |
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OTTAWA, Ontario − May 19, 2006 marked the national launch of
Safe Boating Awareness
Wee which seeks to promote a wide range of safe boating practices
to an estimated seven million recreational boaters across the
country. Left, Serge St-Martin, Chief Commander of the Canadian
Power and Sail Squadrons introduces speakers at the event. |
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Representatives from the Ottawa Police and the Ontario Provincial Police stand in front of the Office of Boating Safety promotions trailer to listen to some of the people who will be travelling around the province speaking with members of the public about the importance of staying
safe by wearing a lifejacket, taking a boating safety course, and not mixing alcohol with boating.g.ng.g. |
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Cameraman records Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of
Transport, Infrastructure and Communities, Brian Jean, and Chair of
the Safe Boating Council, Randy Whaley, as they supervise a mock
courtesy check of a powerboat. |
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| OTTAWA, Ontario − Mr. David Larrigan of Vancouver receives the 2006 Transport Canada Aviation Safety Award for his long-standing
commitment to aviation safety. Mr. Larrigan is pictured with Marc Grégoire, Assistant Deputy Minister, Safety and Security.
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Ontario − Lynne Yelich, left, Parliamentary Secretary to
the Minister of Human Resources and Social Development Minister
Diane Finley, and Peter Van Loan, centre, Parliamentary Secretary to
the Federal Ministers of Foreign Affairs and Atlantic Canada
Opportunities Agency are joined by Alain Briere, right, Executive
Director of the Canadian Power and Sail Squadron after announcing
Service Canada will deliver pleasure craft licenses as of April 1,
2006. (CPimages/Derek Oliver)
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| Lynne Yelich and Peter Van Loan sitting in boat that received the
first official number of the new licensing program, "ON19". Owners
of pleasure boats can, as of April 1st, 2006, obtain their boating
licenses at any of Service Canada's 320 locations across Canada. (CPimages/Derek
Oliver)
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