This file is arranged by event and pertains to the following events: the Mela Gadri Babian Da, Indo-Canadian community event, at Bear Creek Park, in Surrey, BC (3 August 2008); a barbecue at Senator Gerry St. Germain's ranch in South Surrey, BC (3 August 2008); the Conservative Party of Canada members' barbecue in Terrace, BC (4 August 2008); the 39th annual Folklorama Festival in the Philippine pavilion, in Winnipeg, MB (5 August 2008); the announcement to extend the twinning of the Trans-Canada highway through the Banff National Park to Castle Junction, in Banff, AB (5 August 2008); the roundtable meeting on youth and drugs, in St. Boniface, MB (6 August 2008); the visit to attend the signal Hill tattoo and the Come Home Year event at the Regina Mundi Complex, in Renews-Cappahayden, NL (13 August 2008); a business roundtable in St-John's, NL (13 August 2008); the announcement of funding support for Cupids' 400th Anniversary Celebration of English settlement in Canada, in Cupids, NL (14 August 2008); the Atlantic Caucus in Fredericton, NB (14 August 2008); the Ontario Conservative Caucus at the Croatian Parish Park in Mississauga, ON (18 August 2008); the announcement of a government partnership for the construction of the David Braley Cardiac, Vascular and Stroke Research Institute at the Hamilton General Hospital, in Hamilton, ON (19 August 2008); the announcement for the launch of the Geo-mapping for Energy and Minerals Program, at Library and Archives Canada, in Ottawa (26 August 2008); the announcement of legislations to expand the reach of the Arctic Waters Pollution Prevention Act and the amendment to the Canada Shipping Act requiring vessels entering Canadian Arctic waters to report to the Coast Guard's NORDREG reporting system, in Tuktoyaktuk, NWT (27 August 2008); the meetings with Indigenous leaders in Inuvik, NWT (27 August 2008); the meeting with the Community and Business leaders in Dawson City, YT (27 August 2008); and the announcement for the building of a new polar class icebreaker, the John George Diefenbaker, in Inuvik, NWT (28 August 2008). The records include itineraries, timelines, invitations, floor plans, speaking notes, schedules, guest lists, manifests, maps, photographs and scripts.