It is in this context that the Honourable Jonathan Wilkinson today announced Canada’s membership in the Global Offshore Wind Alliance (GOWA), which aims to mobilize international economies and agreements to accelerate offshore wind uptake. The Governments of Nova Scotia and Newfoundland and Labrador have also joined GOWA as subnational governments, and today’s announcement demonstrates a collective positioning of Canada’s commitment and ambition to advancing offshore wind as a domestic source of clean and reliable energy.
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From Arrival to Retirement: Building Your Financial Future in Ontario
You’ve just arrived in Canada, and retirement is probably the last thing on your mind. Moving to a new country comes with a long to-do list – finding a place to live, learning new processes, language, cultures and customs, and starting a career. But here’s the thing: financial security doesn’t happen overnight. It’s built over […]
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Minister Ng to travel to Australia for 2025âs first Team Canada Trade Mission
The Honourable Mary Ng, Minister of Export Promotion, International Trade and Economic Development, is going to Australia to lead a Team Canada Trade Mission and participate in the Australia-Canada Economic Leadership Forum.
Minister Duguid announces federal investments to establish leading-edge aircraft engine testing facility in Calgary
Government of Canada funding of $180 million enables the Calgary International Airport to play a vital role in the transition to newer, lower emission aircraft engines
Governments support crop health projects through research and innovation
The governments of Canada and Manitoba are providing $4.7 million in grant funding under the Sustainable Canadian Agriculture Partnership (Sustainable CAP) to support 36 projects, including several that benefit the future of crop health in Manitoba, under the Research and Innovation Program over the next three years, federal Agriculture and Agri-Food Minister Lawrence MacAulay and Manitoba Agriculture Minister Ron Kostyshyn announced today at CropConnect.
Government of Canada investment to support southern Ontarioâs life sciences sector
The Honourable Ruby Sahota, Minister of Democratic Institutions and Minister responsible for the Federal Economic Development Agency for Southern Ontario, will make an important announcement in support of southern Ontario’s life science sector.
Government of Canada invests in aviation and aerospace sectors
$1.3 million will expand pilot training and aerospace manufacturing in Saskatchewan
The Government of Canada invests in a community infrastructure project in Saint-Isidore, New Brunswick
Member of Parliament Serge Cormier announces funding for a daycare and community space project in Saint-Isidore
Building self-reliance into Atlantic Canadaâs skilled trades apprentices
Today, Minister of Employment, Workforce Development and Labour Steven MacKinnon highlighted funding of more than $1.5 million to seven regional organizations in support of 10 separate projects. The funding will allow these organizations to purchase better equipment and materials that will help them deliver quality training and that meet the latest industry standards. These projects are part of an earlier announcement of 114 projects under the Investments in Training Equipment funding stream.
Backgrounder: Canadian Apprenticeship Strategy â Investments in Training Equipment
The Investments in Training Equipment funding stream, part of the Canadian Apprenticeship Strategy, helps unions and training providers improve the quality of training through the purchase of equipment and materials that meet the latest industry standards, or by investing in new technology needed to train workers in the Red Seal trades. These 10 projects were assessed and approved through open calls for proposals in 2022 and 2023.
Government of Canada to make an announcement to protect Canadaâs fresh water in Québec City
Québec City, Quebec – February 14, 2025 – Media representatives and others are advised that the Honourable Jean-Yves Duclos, Minister of Public Services and Procurement, on behalf of the Honourable Steven Guilbeault, Minister of Environment and Climate Change, will make an announcement to protect Canada’s fresh water in Québec City.
Minister Joly to travel to France, Germany and Belgium
The Honourable Mélanie Joly, Minister of Foreign Affairs, today announced that she will be traveling to France, Germany, and Belgium, from February 13 to 18, 2025.
Canadian Army to train with US and Finnish allies in Sodankylä, Finland
From February 17 to 28, 40 members of the Canadian Army’s 2 Canadian Mechanized Brigade Group (2 CMBG) will join 850 Finnish and United States (US) military personnel on Exercise ARCTIC FORGE 25 in Sodankylä, Finland to further strengthen our ability to operate with our Arctic allies.
Kick-off event for National Flag of Canada Day
Canadian Heritage will host an event on February 14 to mark the launch of celebrations for National Flag of Canada Day
7th Multilateral Maritime Cooperative Activity
“The combined armed and defense forces of the Philippines, Canada, and the United States, demonstrating a collective commitment to strengthen regional and international cooperation in support of a free and open Indo-Pacific region, will conduct a Multilateral Maritime Cooperative Activity within the Philippines’ Exclusive Economic Zone, on 12 February 2025
Cutting pollution and building a strong economy for the future: Canadaâs 2035 commitment under the Paris Agreement
On February 11, 2025, the Government of Canada formally submitted its 2035 nationally determined contribution (NDC) to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change under the Paris Agreement.
Clinical Practice Guideline for the Management of Perinatal Mood, Anxiety and Related Disorders
Clinical Practice Guideline for the Management of Perinatal Mood, Anxiety and Related Disorders
First of their kind Guidelines Provide Recommendations for Treating Mood and Anxiety Disorders in Pregnancy and Postpartum
Today, the Honourable Ya'ara Saks, Minister of Mental Health and Addictions and Associate Minister of Health, alongside Dr. Simone Vigod, Head of the Department of Psychiatry at Women’s College Hospital, and Dr. Benicio Frey, Professor in the Department of Psychiatry and Behavioural Neurosciences, McMaster University, highlighted the publication of the Canadian Network for Mood and Anxiety Treatments (CANMAT) 2024 Clinical Practice Guideline for the Management of Perinatal Mood, Anxiety, and Related Disorders in the Canadian Journal of Psychiatry.
A Quebec resident fined a total of $35,000 for violating two Canadian environmental laws
On February 11, 2025, Daniel Chayer, a Quebec resident and driver for a transport company, was ordered by the Court of Québec to pay a total fine of $35,000.
Canada Invests in Cutting-Edge Carbon Capture and Storage to Drive Clean Energy Innovation
Today, Parliamentary Secretary Marc G. Serré, on behalf of the Honourable Jonathan Wilkinson, announced that the federal government will give nearly $3.4 million to Canada Nickel for its in-process tailings (IPT) carbonation technology. This funding was provided through the Energy Innovation Program (EIP)’s Carbon Capture, Utilization, and Storage (CCUS) Research, Development, and Demonstration (RD&D) call for proposals. Projects funded under this program aim to develop safe, permanent underground carbon storage, as well as carbon transportation and storage across Canada.
Canada Invests in Cutting-Edge Carbon Capture and Storage to Drive Clean Energy Innovation
Today, Parliamentary Secretary Marc G. Serré, on behalf of the Honourable Jonathan Wilkinson announced an investment totalling over $14 million to support carbon management technologies under the Energy Innovation Program’s Carbon Capture, Utilization and Storage (CCUS) research, development and demonstration (RD&D) call for proposals. These projects will support the RD&D of next-generation CO2 capture and storage and transportation technologies.
Government of Canada to announce support for cultural infrastructure in Vancouver
The Government of Canada invests in a modernization project at the Chan Centre for the Performing Arts
Waterloo Region organizations to support local businesses and entrepreneurs to boost Canadian solutions in clean technology and advanced manufacturing
Government of Canada investing nearly $9 million to support over 130 businesses in the region
Survivors of the Former Kamloops Indian Residential School, TkÌemlúps te Secwépemc and the Government of Canada mark the national historic significance of the Kamloops Indian Residential SchoolÂ
Located on the north bank of the South Thompson River at the foot of Sqeq7é7em (Mounts Peter and Paul), the former Kamloops Indian Residential School opened in 1890 as the Kamloops Industrial School and closed in 1978.
Government of Canada invests in growth of two MRC de Pontiac tourism organizations
CED grants a total of nearly $300,000 in financial contributions to Wildwood Nature Escape Inc. and Chutes Coulonge.