The Honourable Jonathan Wilkinson, Minister of Energy and Natural Resources, on behalf of the Honourable Jean-Yves Duclos, Minister of Public Services and Procurement and Quebec Lieutenant, will make an announcement about an important milestone for the construction of a new polar icebreaker for the Canadian Coast Guard.

Government of Canada recognizes 10 new designations of national historic significance

Today, Member of Parliament Yasir Naqvi, on behalf of the Honourable Steven Guilbeault, Minister of Environment and Climate Change, announced funding of over $1.6 million to Carleton University through the Decarbonization Incentive Program.

Newcomers gain many benefits from filing Canadian income taxes. Filing taxes, even without any income, may allow you to receive money from the Canadian government. You could also be legally required to file taxes. And if you wish to be eligible for Canadian citizenship, you’re required to have met your tax filing obligations. In this […]

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In 2024, British Columbia saw over 1,600 wildfires burn approximately one million hectares of land. Between April 21 and October 7, 2024, over seven thousand residents were evacuated from their homes. Multiple residences, provincial infrastructure, provincial recreation sites and trails, and range fencing were destroyed.

The Government of Canada is providing more than $9.6 million for projects that contribute to the economic transformation of Montréal’s East End, for a total of over $13.2 million in authorized investments under the Initiative to Support Economic Development in Montréal’s East End.

The Minister of Public Services and Procurement and Quebec Lieutenant, the Honourable Jean-Yves Duclos, and the Minister of Education of Quebec, Bernard Drainville, will make an announcement on the National School Food Program.

Chairperson of the PMPRB, Mr. Thomas Digby has stepped down from his role, effective March 6, 2025.

Honourable Steven MacKinnon, Minister of Employment, Workforce Development and Labour, Leader of the Government in the House of Commons and Member of Parliament for Gatineau, on behalf of the Honourable François-Philippe Champagne, Minister of Innovation, Science and Industry, will join Sophie Chatel, Member of Parliament for Pontiac, and Stéphane Lauzon, Member of Parliament for Argenteuil–La Petite-Nation, to announce the construction of a new Telesat campus, which will bring well-paying jobs to Gatineau, Quebec.

Today, the Honourable Mark Holland, Canada’s Minister of Health, and the Honourable Josie Osborne, British Columbia’s (BC) Minister of Health, announced the signing of a pharmacare agreement to invest more than $670 million over four years to provide universal access to contraceptive and diabetes medications, devices and supplies for residents of BC.

Today, the Honourable Gary Anandasangaree, Minister of Crown-Indigenous Relations and Northern Affairs, and Minister responsible for the Canadian Northern Economic Development Agency, and Ann Cecile Hardy, court-appointed representative plaintiff, jointly announced that a proposed Settlement Agreement has been reached in the Federal Indian Hospitals (Hardy) class action.

On February 25, 2025, as a result of the vigilance of staff members, a package containing unauthorized items was seized at Warkworth Institution, a medium security federal institution.

Today, the Honourable Jonathan Wilkinson and the Honourable Trevor Boudreau announced that they have jointly directed the Canada-Nova Scotia Offshore Energy Regulator to prohibit the issuance of submerged land licences for the offshore wind energy at Georges Bank, thereby creating a moratorium on offshore wind projects in the Canadian portion of Georges Bank.

Statement from the Chief Public Health Officer of Canada on the Increase in Measles Cases and the Risk to People in Canada

The 61 projects announced to date under the Small Scale Projects intake of the Local Food Infrastructure Fund (LFIF) total nearly $4 million to help improve food security in communities through investments in equipment and infrastructure needs.

The borough of Saint-Laurent is receiving an investment of over $7.3 million from the federal government to enhance its resilience against flood risks during heavy rainfall. Funded through the Disaster Mitigation and Adaptation Fund (DMAF), this financial assistance will be used to build water retention structures in Bois-Franc Park and the Midtown project, as well as to continue the development of the Saint-Laurent biodiversity corridor.

Today, Seamus O’Regan, Member of Parliament for St. John’s South on behalf of the Honourable Ya’ara Saks, Minister of Mental Health and Addictions and Associate Minister of Health, announced more than $2.4 million in federal funding for two organizations in St. John’s that are working to connect people to care.

Today, the Honourable Mélanie Joly, Minister of Foreign Affairs; the Honourable Mary Ng, Minister of Export Promotion, International Trade and Economic Development; and the Honourable Ahmed Hussen, Minister of International Development, launched Canada’s Africa Strategy: A Partnership for Shared Prosperity and Security—Canada’s first global strategy that will drive economic prosperity, security and fairness for both Canadians and Africans for years to come.

Fisheries are vital to many coastal communities and a driving force of the economy in Atlantic Canada. The seafood sector is a rapidly shifting environment—with new innovative technologies being adopted and more efficient ways of harvesting being used. To support these improvements, today the Government of Canada and the Province of Nova Scotia announced funding through the Atlantic Fisheries Fund (AFF) for 142 projects in Nova Scotia’s fishing and seafood sector.

Other Effective area-based Conservation Measures areas support the commitment to halting and reversing biodiversity loss and will help fight the effects of climate change.

Foreign nationals who have not yet applied to the Agri-Food Pilot can no longer pursue Canadian permanent residency through this pathway. Canada’s Agri-Food Pilot will not accept any more applications. The federal pilot received enough applications to fill all allotted spaces as of February 13, 2025. Discover if You Are Eligible for Canadian Immigration Foreign […]

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Canada Invests in Sustainable Wood Construction in Ontario, Creating 319 New Residential Units

Producers who were not paid for grain delivered to Purely Canada Foods Corp. have been fully compensated for eligible claims submitted to the Canadian Grain Commission’s Safeguards for Grain Farmers Program.

In 2021, the Government of Canada announced an ambitious plan for a $10-a-day early learning and child care system across the country. As part of these investments, we are working with provinces and territories to reduce fees for regulated child care to an average of $10-a-day and create 250,000 new early learning and child care spaces by March 2026.

The Honourable Terry Beech, Minister of Citizens’ Services, and Stéphane Lauzon, Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Citizens’ Services, will hold a media availability to discuss the release of the first State of Service report, and to announce significant new improvements to passport services.