Minister Finley tours Halifax

HALIFAX, Nova Scotia, August 20, 2013

Minister Finley addresses PWGSC staff.

Minister Finley poses with business representatives at an Office of Small and Medium Enterprises (OSME) roundtable in Halifax.

New RCMP H Division Headquarters officially opens

Dartmouth, Nova Scotia, August 20, 2013 – A new era of policing begins today for the RCMP in Nova Scotia with the opening of its new, state-of-the-art headquarters in the Burnside Business Park. The Honourable Diane Finley, Minister of Public Works and Government Services officially opened the new H Division Headquarters in front of hundreds of employees, dignitaries and stakeholders.

Minister Finley participates in a ribbon-cutting ceremony to celebrate the opening of the new RCMP H Division Headquarters.

Minister Finley tours Her Majesty's Canadian (HMC) Dockyard in Halifax.

Minister Finley highlights job creation and progress of shipbuilding strategy in Halifax

HALIFAX, Nova Scotia, August 21, 2013 – Today, the Honourable Diane Finley, Minister of Public Works and Government Services, along with the Honourable Peter MacKay, Minister of Justice and Attorney General of Canada and Regional Minister for Nova Scotia; the Honourable Darrell Dexter, Premier of Nova Scotia; and Jim Irving, Co-CEO, J.D. Irving, Limited, addressed attendees at the announcement of several contract awards for Nova Scotia and Canadian suppliers as part of Irving Shipbuilding's Halifax Shipyard Modernization Program, a $300-million investment to prepare the company's facilities to build Canada's future combatant ships. In her address Minister Finley highlighted the economic benefits the National Shipbuilding Procurement Strategy (NSPS) is expected to bring to the region.

Minister Finley highlights job creation and progress of the shipbuilding strategy at an announcement about Irving Shipbuilding's Halifax Shipyard Modernization Program.