Jason Kenney

“To give keynote speech at a Truro Chamber of Commerce event; To hold a roundtable discussion with the Halifax Lebanese Chamber of Commerce; To speak at a Chinese Lunar New Year celebration; To mark Black History Month with members of the Montreal Black community; To speak at a Lebanese Maronite community event; To speak at a Vietnamese Tet New Year's event; For media interviews; and for other meetings and events”

“To visit Assiniboine Community College's trades training program; To meet with local business leaders on apprenticeship and trades training issues; To speak at the opening ceremony of the Brandon Winter Multiculturalism Festival; To attend Chinese, Ukrainian, English, Brazilian, Irish, Scottish, Honduran, and other pavilions; To speak at Black History Month launch events; To attend the Prime Minister's Vietnamese Tet celebration; To host a Government of Canada Black History Month launch event; T conduct media interviews; and for other meetings and events”

“To tour Canadian Welding Bureau training facility and discuss skilled trades training with Canadian Welding Bureau leadership; To speak at Lincoln Alexander Elementary School to mark the first annual Lincoln Alexander Day; To meet with Chinese Christian community leaders; To meet with Sri Lankan Muslim community leaders; To meet with members of the Armenian community and to speak at a commemoration of the centennial of the Armenian Genocide; To speak at a Black History Month event; To hold a roundtable discussion with the South Asian Truckers Association; To speak at a Lohri for Her event with members of the Punjabi community; To conduct media interviews; and for other meetings and events”

“To hold a roundtable discussion with members of the Chinese community; To meet with the leadership of SUCCESS; To attend a Chinese arts and cultural event with Vancouver Chinese cultural organizations; To hold a roundtable discussion with members of the South Asian community; To hold a roundtable discussion with members of the Filipino community; To visit a Hindu Mandir and meet with members of the Surrey Hindu community; To meet with members of the Chaldean Iraqi community; To meet recently arrived refugees from Afghanistan; For media interviews; and for other meetings and events”

“To make a multiculturalism announcement on Ukrainian Holodomor education and meet with members of the Ukrainian community; To speak to the Ming Pao editorial board; For media interviews; and for other meetings and events”

“To speak at and participate in a Canada Apprenticeship Loan announcement with the Prime Minister at a British Columbia Institute of Technology campus, and for other meetings and events”

“To speak at a Pakistani community event with members of the Muslim and Christian communities; To speak at a South Asian Autism Awareness Centre event; To speak at a Mississauga Chinese Business Association event; To meet with the leadership of the Career Foundation and Mobilize Jobs about jobs training and opportunities; To speak at a Canadian Ethno-cultural Council event; To conduct media interviews; and for other meetings and events”

“To meet with the Consul General of Egypt; To meet with members of the Romanian community; To attend events with members of the Latino and Filipino communities; To speak at a Canada-Lebanon Chamber of Commerce event; To meet with leaders of the Montreal Muslim community; To meet with members of the Armenian and Pakistani communities; To speak at the Festival Sefarad with members of the Jewish and Muslim communities; To conduct media interviews; and for other meetings and events”

“To visit the Alicia Rae Career Centre and make an announcement about Skills Link funding; To speak at a roundtable on religious freedom with representatives of the Coptic, Bhutanese and other communities; To meet with community leaders in Winnipeg; To speak at "the 100 Year Journey" event with members of the Punjabi Pioneer Canadian community; To meet members of the Melkite community and attend a Melkite service; To meet Iraqi refugees resettled to Canada; To meet with and welcome recently arrived Vietnamese refugees to Canada; To visit Vietnamese Buddhist Monastery; To meet with provincial ministers and business leaders; and for other meetings and events”

“To co-chair the Forum of Labour Market Ministers; to meet with the Consul General of India; to deliver keynote address at forum on combating ISIS organized by the Coalition of Progressive Canadian Muslim Organizations; to speak at Ukrainian community Holodomor commemoration; to attend a Lebanese community celebration of Independence Day of Lebanon; to speak at an event on Canadian humanitarian aid to Iraq with members of the Iraqi community and others; to attend commemorative service for assassinated Minister Pierre Gemayal with the Maronite community; to attend JNF Negev reception; to speak at South Asian community event in support of persons with disabilities; to conduct media interviews; and for other meetings and events”

“To speak at the Confederation of Greater Toronto Area Chinese Business Associations Small Business Seminar; To give a speech at a Toronto Region Board of Trade event; To attend roundtable meeting on labour market issues with Greater Toronto businesses organized by the Board of Trade; To represent the Government of Canada and speak at the annual Cardinal's Dinner in support of Toronto-area charities; To tour Irving Halifax Shipyards; To speak to the Halifax Chamber of Commerce; To meet provincial counterpart, Nova Scotia Minister of Labour and Advanced Education Kelly Regan (Responsible for Apprenticeships and Trades); To meet with the Truro Chamber of Commerce; To speak at and participate in the Trilateral Commission North America conference; To hold a roundtable meeting on Temporary Foreign Workers with Edmonton business and community leaders; To meet with aboriginal community representatives to discuss employment-related matters; To make an announcement on the Gas Tax Fund; and for other meetings and events”

“To give keynote address at the Vancouver Island Economic Summit; To attend a state luncheon for and a bilateral meeting with the President of France and ministerial counterparts; For media interviews; and for other meetings and events”

“To receive Beth Sholom Synagogue Humanitarian Award: To meet with His Holiness the Dalai Lama; To visit a resettlement transition house for Tibetan refugees, and meet members of the Tibetan community; To visit the Tzu Chi Foundation and meet with members of the Taiwanese Buddhist community; To announce the availability of the Canada Job Grant with the Government of British Columbia; To announce the establishment of an expert panel on Foreign Credentials Recognition; To visit the campus and meet with the leadership of the British Columbia Institute of Technology; To present the 6th annual Paul Yuzyk Award for Multiculturalism; To tour an exhibit on the common military heritage of Canada and the Punjab in War World I; To attend Diwali celebrations; To speak at an event on Canada's support for persecuted Iraqi minorities; To meet with leaders and members of the Surrey Sikh community; To visit an Iraqi Chaldean Church and meet with Chaldean refugees; To conduct media interviews; and to attend other meetings and events”

“Roundtable meeting”

“To host a roundtable on Labour Market Development Agreements; To meet Quebec counterpart, Minister Blais; To meet with aboriginal community representatives on labour market participation; To speak to the Canadian Club of Toronto and the St Thomas More Lawyers Guild; To visit the Punjab Cultural Centre of Winnipeg; To meet members of the Punjabi community; To speak to a Hindu Diwali celebration; For media interviews; and for other meetings and events”

“To visit the Northern Alberta Institute of Technology; To meet Alberta Minister McIver; To make a Canada Job Grant announcement with the Government of Alberta; To visit the Christian Labour Association of Canada High Schools to Hard Hats programme; To speak at the Christian Labour Association of Canada Welding Centre grand opening; To give keynote address at the Christian Labour Association of Canada Convention; To participate in Canada Job Grant announcement with the Prime Minister and the Government of Manitoba; To conduct media interviews; and for other meetings and events”

“To give the keynote at a Canadian Sikh Association event; and to attend other meetings and events”

“To give the keynote address at the Association of Women of India in Canada Community and Social Services annual event; To visit the Scarborough Gursikh Sabha Canada gurdwara and meet with leaders and members of the Scarborough Sikh community; To meet members of the Chinese community; To speak with Chinese Canadian media; To give the keynote address at the Canorient Association's 40th anniversary event; To participate in a Gujarati community Garba event; and to attend other meetings and events”

“To give keynote address at Canadian Chamber of Commerce AGM; To meet with Prince Edward Island fisherman and seafood processors about regional labour market challenges; To meet with local business leaders, and to attend other meetings and events”

“To announce the Canada Job Grant agreement with Ontario; To meet with young professionals about the economy and the Canadian labour market; To make an announcement and conduct media interviews on the Immigrant Access Fund of Canada, and to attend other meetings and events”

“To meet with leaders of the Prince's Charities Canada about Canadians charitable projects; To speak at the Opening Ceremony of Heartland Credit view Community and Health Services, and to attend other meetings and events”

“To speak at the Toronto Chinese Business Association's 42nd Anniversary commemoration; To speak at a polish community event and meet with members of the Polish community; To meet with members of the Ukrainian community and speak at the Ukrainian Festival of Toronto, and to attend other events and meetings”

“Administrative fees for flight pass extension”

“To make an announcement on apprenticeship grants; To welcome Pope Tawadros to Canada on behalf of the Government of Canada; To speak at a Canada Armenia Business Council event; To speak at a vigil in support of persecuted Christians and minorities in the Middle East; To attend other events and meetings”

“To speak at Montreal's Black Ribbon Day ceremony; To speak at India Independence Day celebration; To meet with Armenian Community leaders; To conduct town hall meeting on visit to Armenia; To speak at Melkite Festival in Montréal; To speak at the 23rd Annual Ukrainian Independence Day celebration; To meet with Saskatchewan ministerial counterparts; To sign Canada-Saskatchewan Job Fund Agreement, and Canada-Saskatchewan Labour Market Agreement on Persons with Disabilities; To visit Muskowekwam, Day Star and Kawakatoose Aboriginal communities regarding aboriginal skills training; To speak at vigil for persecuted Christians in the Middle East; To meet with proponents of youth entrepreneurship, and to attend other meetings and events”

“Working dinner”

“To attend and speak at India's National Day event with the Prime Minister”

“To meet with members of the Chinese, Indian, Ukrainian, Caribbean, Italian, Punjabi, and Serbian communities; To tour the Chinese Cultural Centre of Winnipeg; To tour an aerospace industry research and development facility; To meet with industry and aboriginal leaders in Winnipeg and Kenora on increasing aboriginal labour market participation; To meet with youth skills development support workers at the Elmwood Community Resource Centre; To meet with business leaders in the entertainment and arts sectors about labour market conditions; To speak to and meet with the BC, Whistler and Squamish Chambers of Commerce; To make an announcement about Government of Canada support for Foreign Credential Recognition with the Province of BC; To visit a Service Canada office; To conduct media interviews, and to attend other meetings and events”

“To lead a Canadian trade delegation to Lebanon; to hold a roundtable with Lebanese & Canadian businesses and the Chamber of Commerce of Beirut; to meet with the Lebanese Canadian Business Association; to attend a meeting between Canadian businesses and Lebanese industrialists; to attend meetings with former President Amine Gemayel; Prime Minister Tammam Salam; former Prime Minister Fouad Siniora, leader of the Future Movement; Foreign Minister Gibran Bassil; Minister of Economy and Trade Alain Hakim; Kataeb MP Samy Gemayel; Samir Geagea; leader of the Lebanese Forces; General Jean Kahwaji; Chief of Staff of the Lebanese Army; Maronite Patriarch Bechara Rai; Syriac Orthodox Patriarch Ignatius Ephrem II; Shiite Sheikh Abdul Amir Qabalan; Shiite Sheikh Imam Ali al-Amin; Sunni Mufti Mohamad Rachid Kabbani; Armenian Apostolic Patriarch Aram Keshishian of Cilicia; Armenian Catholic Patriarch Nerses Bedros XIX Tarmouni of Cilicia; Druze leader Walid Jumblat, and others; to lay a wreath on behalf of the Government of Canada at the tombs of assassinated President Bachir Gemayel & MP Pierre Gemayel; to open the newly-renovated section of the Canadian Embassy in Beirut; to meet Canadian trade, consular, immigration & refugee processing staff & officials; to meet Canadian humanitarian & aid workers dealing with the Syrian refugee crisis; to visit a refugee settlement & announce Canadian funding for Syrian refugee children in Lebanon; and to attend other meetings and eventsTo meet with the President of Armenia, Serzh Sargsyan, the Prime Minister of Armenia, Hovik Abrahamyan, the Minister of Diaspora Affairs, Hranush Hakobyan, the President of the National Assembly, Galust Sahakyan, the Minister of Foreign Affairs, Edward Nalbandyan, and others; to attend meetings with Canadian and Armenian business leaders; to meet with Canadian businesses in Armenia; to meet Canadian officials in Yerevan; to lay wreaths on behalf of the Government of Canada at the Armenian Genocide Memorial at Tsitsernakaberd and at the memorial to the Armenian victims of Communist repression; to visit Holy Etchmiadzin, Mother Cathedral of the Armenian Church, & Khor Virap at Mt Ararat; to welcome a visiting group of Canadian youth participating in an international Armenian Scout Jamboree; and for other meetings and events”

“Roundtable meeting with Aboriginal Labour Market Programs with stakeholders”

“The "Other Expenses" category includes $11,19311 in costs related to the logistics required for the delegation which were divided amongst the other participating federal departments to this mission*********************************To lead a Canadian trade delegation to Lebanon; to hold a roundtable with Lebanese & Canadian businesses and the Chamber of Commerce of Beirut; to meet with the Lebanese Canadian Business Association; to attend a meeting between Canadian businesses and Lebanese industrialists; to attend meetings with former President Amine Gemayel; Prime Minister Tammam Salam; former Prime Minister Fouad Siniora, leader of the Future Movement; Foreign Minister Gibran Bassil; Minister of Economy and Trade Alain Hakim; Kataeb MP Samy Gemayel; Samir Geagea; leader of the Lebanese Forces; General Jean Kahwaji; Chief of Staff of the Lebanese Army; Maronite Patriarch Bechara Rai; Syriac Orthodox Patriarch Ignatius Ephrem II; Shiite Sheikh Abdul Amir Qabalan; Shiite Sheikh Imam Ali al-Amin; Sunni Mufti Mohamad Rachid Kabbani; Armenian Apostolic Patriarch Aram Keshishian of Cilicia; Armenian Catholic Patriarch Nerses Bedros XIX Tarmouni of Cilicia; Druze leader Walid Jumblat, and others; to lay a wreath on behalf of the Government of Canada at the tombs of assassinated President Bachir Gemayel & MP Pierre Gemayel; to open the newly-renovated section of the Canadian Embassy in Beirut; to meet Canadian trade, consular, immigration & refugee processing staff & officials; to meet Canadian humanitarian & aid workers dealing with the Syrian refugee crisis; to visit a refugee settlement & announce Canadian funding for Syrian refugee children in Lebanon; and to attend other meetings and eventsTo meet with the President of Armenia, Serzh Sargsyan, the Prime Minister of Armenia, Hovik Abrahamyan, the Minister of Diaspora Affairs, Hranush Hakobyan, the President of the National Assembly, Galust Sahakyan, the Minister of Foreign Affairs, Edward Nalbandyan, and others; to attend meetings with Canadian and Armenian business leaders; to meet with Canadian businesses in Armenia; to meet Canadian officials in Yerevan; to lay wreaths on behalf of the Government of Canada at the Armenian Genocide Memorial at Tsitsernakaberd and at the memorial to the Armenian victims of Communist repression; to visit Holy Etchmiadzin, Mother Cathedral of the Armenian Church, & Khor Virap at Mt Ararat; to welcome a visiting group of Canadian youth participating in an international Armenian Scout Jamboree; and for other meetings and events”

“Visas”

“To speak at Canadian Alliance of Chinese Association banquet; To visit a Service Canada office; To do consultations on aboriginal skills development; To participate in housing announcement at PICS; To launch SUCCESS Walk with Dragon; To hold press conference announcing new priority occupations for the Pan Canadian Framework for Foreign Credential Recognition; To hold meetings regarding Komagata Maru commemoration, and film industry; To meet with Indo-Canadian community leaders; To conduct interviews regarding Monument to the Victims of Communism, and Canadian policy on the Middle East, and to attend other meetings and events”

“Roundtable meeting with Aboriginal Labour Market Programs with stakeholders”

“To co-chair the Forum of Labour Market Ministers in Charlottetown, and to attend other meetings and events”

“Annual Staff Planning Retreat Dinner”

“To host a Skills Summit exploring skills and trades training and the labour market with stakeholders, industry leaders and other experts; To meet with leadership of and tour Crest Mold Technology in Maidstone and Sonoco in Brantford; To visit the New Canadians' Centre of Excellence and meet with clients and the management team; To visit the Unemployed Help Centre of Windsor; To meet managers of the Crossing All bridges Learning Centre; To participate in a Social Innovation Roundtable hosted by Brantford MP Phil McColeman; To conduct media interviews and meet with editorial boards of the National Post and the Globe and Mail; To attend the Toronto Pinoy Fiesta; To visit a Service Canada office in Simcoe, Ontario, and to attend other meetings and events”

“To represent the Government of Canada and speak at the Cam Lo Vuong Buddhist community centre ground breaking ceremony; The Barbados Ball Canada Aid event, and the Indo-Canada Chamber of Commerce annual gala; To speak at a Policy Exchange event on multiculturalism and integration and receive their inaugural Benjamin Disrali award; To meet Prime Minister David Cameron; To meet Secretary of State Iain Duncan Smith and other officials from the UK Department for Work and Pensions; To discuss Canadian charitable projects with officials of the Prince's Trust; To speak at the Centre for Policy Studies' Margaret Thatcher Conference on Liberty; To hold meetings with United Kingdom counterparts on social enterprise, and to attend other meetings and events”

“To attend an Indian community event; To speak to the Indian Institutes of Technology Alumni Conference; To speak at the opening ceremonies of the Chinese-Canadian Buddhist Cultural Exchange Week; To present awards to winners of and speak to the National Skills Canada Competition; To give tribute to Jim Flaherty at Canada Christian College commencement; To join Faith Ministries' tenth anniversary event; To speak at Simon Wiesenthal Centre conference on the new Anti-Semitism; To welcome the Chaldean Patriarch and Iraqi delegation to Canada and to discuss concerns of the Chaldean community in Canada, and for other meetings and events”

“To participate in the 2014 Bilderberg Conference; To meet with ministerial and parliamentary counterparts from several countries, and to meet with business leaders and policy experts from several countries”

“To receive UN Watch "Moral Courage Award" and to speak on Canada's human rights agenda; To meet with Swiss Ministerial counterparts; To study the Swiss vocational education system; and to attend related meetings”

“To discuss departmental research and policy issues”

“To visit a food processing factory, and meet with workers and executives; To meet with members of the GTA Sindhi community; To meet with members of the Punjabi community and attend the Punjabi International Film Festival opening event; To make an announcement, and to attend other meetings and events”

“To discuss Parliamentary Secretary's Report on Employment Insurance operations, and consultations on Temporary Foreign Worker Program”

“To make an announcement with Prime Minister on internships for young Canadians in high demand fields; To welcome Ukrainian Patriarch Shevchuk to Canada; To attend Tribute to Liberty Memorial to the Victims of Communism reception; To speak at Metropolitan Andriy Sheptitsky dinner with Eastern Catholic communities and Patriarch Shevchuk; To attend Global Youth Forum conference with Korean community; To attend Polish community celebration for the canonization of Pope St John Paul II; To attend Tibetan community dinner; To attend Patriarchal Divine Liturgy with Ukrainian community; to attend Ukrainian community dinner, and to attend other events and meetings”

“To announce Canada Job Grant agreement with Manitoba; To visit Robertson College: To visit the Immigrant Centre of Manitoba; To participate in a roundtable discussion with Winnipeg business leaders; To sign the final Canada Job Grant agreement with Alberta; to make a Foreign Credential Recognition announcement with SUCCESS; To announce renewed Labour Market Agreement for Persons with Disabilities with BC; To meet with Minister of Children and Family Development, BC; To speak at commemoration of fall of Saigon and raising of Heritage Freedom Flag with Toronto Vietnamese community; To meet with the President of the British Columbia Institute of Technology; To attend the Sikh Foundation Centennial event; To speak to the Korean Canadian Medical Association; to speak at Mass & Polish community reception celebrating Canonization of StJohn Paul II; To participate in Khalsa Day celebrations with Sikh community; To speak at an Armenian Genocide commemoration; To conduct various media interviews, and to attend other meetings and events”

“To visit Bruce nuclear power plant; To meet with leadership and visit Kruger Steel plant; To tour Georgian College; To meet with local business leaders; To make an announcement with Canadian Manufacturers and Exporters; To conduct media interviews; And to attend other events and meetings”

“To deliver keynote speech to the Canadian Home Builders Association Annual General Meeting in Whistler; to meet with the homebuilders and leaders of the CHBA; to meet with the President of the Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation; to deliver keynote address at Canada-Korea Foundation symposium on Canada-Korea Free Trade Agreement in Vancouver; to participate in Vancouver ceremony commemorating Battle of Vimy Ridge; to meet with members of the Ukrainian community; to visit Ukrainian Catholic and Orthodox Churches; to visit Tibetan Buddhist monastery; to welcome resettled Tibetan refugees to Canada, and meet with resettlement program organizers; to conduct media interviews; and to attend other meetings and events”

“Ottawa International Airport parking permit”

“To join Ontario Ministerial counterpart in signing and holding news conference re: Canada-Ontario Job Fund, Labour Market Agreement for Persons With Disabilities, and Targeted Initiative for Older Workers; To meet with stakeholders and MPPs on regulation of skilled trades; To hold news conference on Budget Implementation Act provisions removing HST from certain health services; To be briefed by York Regional Police on human trafficking; And to attend other meetings and events”

“To speak at a Hong Kong Canada Business Association Edmonton annual Dinner; To meet with and sign the Canada Job Grant agreement at the Alberta Legislature with Minister Lukaszuk; To do a Skills Link announcement at the Somali-Canadian Education and Rural development Organization; To do media interviews; and other meetings and events”

“Dinner for 25 members of delegation”

“To Lead a Canadian delegation involving Saskatchewan Minister of Advanced Education, provincial officials from Ontario, PEI and Alberta, and representatives of the educational, trade union and employment sectors, on a study tour of German and UK skills and trades training systems; To observe German and British approaches to youth employment and apprenticeship strategies; To meet with the leadership of and conduct site visits to Südwestmetall; the Baden-Württemberg Employers' Association of the Metal and Electrical Industry; Stihl; Duale Hochschule Baden-Württemberg, Franz-Jürgens-Berufskolleg; Siemens' Training Centre; The Association of German Chambers of Commerce and Industry; The College of North West London; The British Airport Authority Academy; To meet with Premier Kraft of North Rhine Westphalia: The State Secretary of the German Ministry of Education and Research; Experts in UK skills training and apprenticeship education, and others; To study the UK experience with social innovation and social finance, and to meet with Sir Richard Cohen, David Hutchison, and other experts in Social Impact Bonds (SIB); To conduct site visits of the St Giles' Trust and other SIB-supported initiatives; To meet with the UK Minister for Civil Society, Nick Hurd, and for other meetings and events”

“To represent the Government of Canada and speak at the American Israel Public Affairs Committee Policy Conference; To meet with leaders of the Canadian-Jewish community; to meet with Canadian conference delegates; to meet US government officials and members of Congress (some meetings cancelled due to severe weather); and to attend other meetings and events”

“To attend event with the Aga Khan at the end of his visit to Canada; To conduct various media interviews and other meetings and events”

“To deliver keynote speech at Newfoundland Employers' Forum Awards event; To hold roundtables with members of the Canadian Manufacturers and Exporters and the StJohn Board of Trade; To visit manufacturing sites in StJohn; To meet with members of StJohn Chinese community; To meet with labour union leaders in Vancouver; To hold ethnic media news conference in Richmond on Economic Action Plan 2014; To hold several roundtables consultations and meetings with business, community, civic, and aboriginal leaders in Newfoundland and Labrador, British Columbia, Yukon, Northwest Territories, and Nunavut on skills development and related issues; To meet with municipal, provincial and territorial counterparts in Newfoundland and Labrador, British Columbia, Yukon, Northwest Territories, and Nunavut; To hold consultations with First Nations leaders in Prince Rupert, Terrace, Kitimat, and Kitselas, British Columbia; To announce Skills Partnership Funding for 17 participating first nations in Northern British Columbia; To meet with the Premiers of Northwest Territories and Nunavut; To meet with several Aboriginal Skills and Educations Training Strategy agreement holders; To meet with immigrant settlement organizations and cultural community groups in Prince George, Whitehorse, Yellowknife, and Iqaluit; To sign Labour Market Development Agreements for Persons with Disabilities in Yukon and Northwest Territories; To announce changes to Employment Insurance system in all three Northern Territories; To visit and make announcements at several Employment and Social Development Canada Skills Partnership Fund program sites; To conduct media interviews, and to attend other meetings and events”

“To attend various Chinese community celebrations of the Lunar New Year; To conduct a roundtable with Mississauga Board of Trade; To meet with members of the South Asian and Ethiopian communities; To attend a Black History Month kick-off events; To visit Chinese and Vietnamese Buddhist temples on the occasion of the Lunar New Year; To conduct various media interviews, and to attend other meetings and events”

“To meet with provincial counterparts to discuss Canada Job Grants and the renewal of the Labour Market Agreement”

“To tour manufacturers; To hold a roundtable with local business owners and community leaders; To tour Swift Current branch of Saskatchewan Abilities Centre; To represent the Government of Canada at several events celebrating the Chinese Lunar New Year, including the Vancouver Chinese New Year Parade, and to attend other events and meeting”

“Speak at the Parya Trillium Foundation event; Attend the 25th Anniversary Dragon Ball celebration; Attend other meetings and events”

“Announcement on apprenticeship training harmonization; Meet with Premier of New Brunswick and Minister of Education about job creation and skills development; Business meetings with local business and community leaders; Multiple media interviews; Visit a construction training centre; Meet with members of the Taiwanese and Ukrainian communities; Announcement regarding Foreign Credentials Recognition; Visit immigrant settlement organization SUCCESS; Meet with leaders of cultural communities in Vancouver; Accompany Prime Minister on Government of Canada visit to Israel and Palestinian Authority; to participate in meetings with Israeli Prime Minister and ministers and Palestinian Authority; Meetings on bilateral issues; Holocaust commemoration and related issues regarding Canada's chairmanship of the International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance; Speak at Toronto Board of Trade-Cardus Conference on "Canada's New Industrial Revolution"”

“Visit local manufacturers; Meet with the Filipino community; Hold two roundtable with local community business leaders; Meet the mayor and other community leaders; Attend other events and meetings”

“To meet with provincial government counterparts to discuss the Canada Job Grant”

“Speak at March of the Living event; Visit the Shomrim Laboker Synagogue; Conduct a roundtable meeting with G-20 Young Entrepreneurs Alliance; Attend the Canada-Lebanon Chamber of Commerce 30th anniversary event; Meet with members of the Armenian community; Conduct several media interviews; Attend other events and meetings”

“Welcome resettled refugees to Canada at a Tibetan community event; Speak at the Tibetan event; Visit a Hindu temple; Act as Master of Ceremonies at the Jewish National Fund's Negev Dinner; Attend other events and meetings”

“To visit the Evraz steel plant; To conduct four roundtable meetings with local employers on labour market issues; To meet with the Regina Trades and Skills Centre; To meet with the Regina Chamber of Commerce; To meet with executive members of the Saskatchewan Multicultural Council; To visit the IGNITE Youth at Risk and Adult Education Centre; To attend a Ukrainian Holodomor memorial panahyda; To visit Regina Sikh Gurdwara and meet with members of the Sikh community; To attend centenary of Holy Rosary Cathedral; To meet provincial government counterparts, and to attend other events and meetings”

“Forum of Labour Market Ministers”

“To be the keynote speaker at the Electricity Human Resources Canada Conference; To deliver speech at the Conference Board of Canada's Skills and Post-Secondary Education Summit; To speak at the Ukrainian Canadian Congress Triennial Conference; To speak at Goan community event; To be keynote speakers at the 2013 Ontario Economic Summit; To speak at a National Diwali celebration with the Prime Minister; To meet with Prime Minister Jacek Michalowski of Poland; To be the keynote speaker at the BC Business summit; To meet Port Metro Vancouver; To meet with the Polytechnics Canada Board and speak at a SAIT Polytechnic event; To make an announcement on foreign credential recognition; To meet with Spinal Cord Injury Canada; To meet with Minister Theresa Oswald; To tour Neeginan College's Applied Tech training facility; To visit Toronto Filipino community Typhoon Haiyan volunteers; To meet with members of the Armenian community; To conduct several media interviews, and to attend other meetings and events”

“Open the Conference of the Democracy in Asia; Visit the Gujarati Dandiya-garba event; Participate in ground-breaking of the Mon Sheong Foundation's new seniors' long term care facilities; Attend Haifa University event honouring RtHonourable Paul Martin”

“Present Award for Excellence in Holocaust Education Award; Hold roundtable discussion with Chatham-Kent business and community leaders; Speak to Chatham Chamber of Commerce; Visit StClair College Thames Campus; Hold roundtable with the New Brunswick and Prince Edward Island fish processing plant operators; Meet with Canadians Manufacturer and Exporter members; Meet with New Brunswick Premier; Meet with provincial ministers; Attend Saint-John Holocaust Remembrance event; Speak at the 2013 Skilled Migration National Employer Conference; Visit the Irving Paper Limited facility and to attend other meetings and events”

“Speak to the Economic Club of Canada; Attend the International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance Yad Vashem event; Participate in a roundtable with manufacturers at Campbell's Soup; Conduct several median interviews and to attend other events and meetings”

“Meet with the members of the Chinese and Nigerian communities; Roundtable with Canadian Indian Business and Community leaders; Participate in the India Association of Canada 32nd annual event; Speak at multicultural event”

“Meeting with the Polish Social Insurance Institution; Keynote speaker at the Conference on Human Rights in North Korea; Attend the Gujrati Dandia Dhamal 2013 event”

“Participate in the Japanese Canadian Redress Settlement 25th Anniversary; Attend the Canadian Race Foundation board meeting; Meet with Foreign Minister of India”

“Meet with TLN Telelatino Network; Conduct media interview with Italian and Spanish language broadcasting; Attend other events and meetings”

“Attend the Roncesvalles Polish Festival; Speak at Chinese, Korean, Vietnamese community celebration of the mid-autumn festival; Roundtable with Greater Toronto Area ethnic media; Participate in the Jewish National Fund of Toronto; Conduct several media interviews”

“Attend a prayer service for peace in Syria at the Maronite Parish of StAnthony; Attend the Montreal Ukrainian Festival; Meeting with community leaders; Speak at the Annual General Meeting of the Coptic Association of Greater Montreal”

“Meet the British Columbia Construction Association; Meet business leaders from the Chinese community; Meet with the British Columbia Minister; Participate in the National Congress of Chinese Canadians 20th Anniversary event; Make an announcement on Foreign Credential Recognition; Speak at the Grand Opening ceremony of the Canada Anti-Cancer Rehabilitation Association; Attend the India Independence Day celebrations and parade; Conduct several media interviews and to attend other events and meetings”

“To act as Grand Marshal of the Miramichi Irish Festival; Meet with New Brunswick ministerial counterpart; Meet with members of the Legislative Assembly; Visit the Miramichi campus; Hold a roundtable with local education stakeholders; to attend other meetings and events”