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NIAGARA FALLS — Construction to help reduce congestion and to keep people and goods moving along 5.2 kilometres of the Queen Elizabeth Way (QEW) has been completed and will be fully open to traffic on November 23, 2007, announced the Honourable Rob Nicholson, Minister of Justice and Attorney General of Canada, and MP for Niagara Falls, on behalf of the Honourable Lawrence Cannon, Minister of Transport, Infrastructure and Communities, and the Honourable Jim Bradley, Ontario Minister of Transportation and MPP for St. Catharines.

The Honourable Jim Flaherty, Minister of Finance, will be the keynote speaker at a breakfast hosted by the Greater Oshawa Chamber of Commerce, on Friday, November 23, 2007. The Minister will begin speaking at approximately 8:00 a.m.

TSB releases final investigation report into the Air Transat loss of rudder incident that occurred on 06 March 2005.

OTTAWA — The Honourable Lawrence Cannon, Minister of Transport, Infrastructure and Communities, today announced that the Government of Canada has submitted its official comments on the United States Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NPRM) by the Department of Homeland Security on the Secure Flight Program, urging the U.S. to exempt all Canadian overflights.

The Government of Canada is helping Canadians with disabilities develop the skills they need to find and keep good quality jobs. Today, the Honourable Monte Solberg, Minister of Human Resources and Social Development announced support for Canadians with disabilities to help them develop skills and secure meaningful, long-term employment.

Quebec export growth is forecast to grow by estimated 2.7 per cent this year before receding by 1.4 per cent in 2008 as a result of a weakening global economy, according to a provincial export outlook by Export Development Canada (EDC).

The Daily is Statistics Canada’s official release bulletin, the Agency’s first line of communication with the media and the public.

The Honourable Stockwell Day, Minister of Public Safety, issued the following statement after asking Mr. Paul Kennedy, Chair of the Commission for Public Complaints Against the RCMP (CPC), to undertake a review of RCMP protocols for the use of Conducted Energy Devices (CEDs), commonly know as Tasers. Mr. Kennedy has accepted this request, in addition to the review of the conduct of members of the RCMP in the case of Mr. Dziekanski.

The Consular Affairs Bureau of Foreign Affairs and International Trade Canada publishes information on safety and security conditions abroad. Following is a list of changes made to Current Issues and Travel Reports released in the last 24 hours.

Guy Lauzon, Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Agriculture and Agri-Food and for the Federal Economic Development Initiative for Northern Ontario, will be at the Central Experimental Farm in Ottawa on November 21 to participate in a tour and demonstration of a portable biodiesel pilot plant by the Canadian International Grains Institute (CIGI).