Minister Hutchings highlights Budget 2022 commitments to increase loan forgiveness for doctors and nurses in rural and remote communities

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The Government of Canada is committed to supporting vulnerable, low-income seniors who are experiencing financial hardship due to COVID-19.

In Budget 2022, the Government of Canada reiterated its commitment to maintain liquid foreign reserves at or above three per cent of nominal gross domestic product.

The Minister of Seniors, Kamal Khera, will be in Kitchener-Waterloo to highlight Budget 2022 funding that invests in affordable housing and benefits for seniors and strategies to ensure a more affordable life for all Canadians. The Minister will be accompanied by Tim Louis, Member of Parliament for Kitchener—Conestoga.

Today, the Honourable Marco Mendicino, Minister of Public Safety issued the following statement:

Members of the media are invited to join the Honourable Bill Blair, President of the Queen’s Privy Council for Canada and Minister of Emergency Preparedness, for a media availability to speak about Budget 2022 investments to make life more affordable in Kingston and Eastern Ontario.

There are a number of ways to move to Canada depending on your circumstances in Pakistan. Pakistan is one of the top source countries of new immigrants to Canada. In 2021, more than 8,400 Pakistan citizens moved to Canada, making it the tenth-largest source country overall. It is also in the top 20 source countries […]

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CALGARY, ALBERTA – The Minister of Transport, the Honourable Omar Alghabra, will make an announcement and provide details on Budget 2022 investments that will help bring down the cost of living for seniors and all Canadians.

The Honourable Marco Mendicino, Minister of Public Safety, will be speaking about how Budget 2022 will help make life more affordable and make dental care more accessible to families across British Columbia.

Today, the Honourable Mélanie Joly, Minister of Foreign Affairs, announced that her Parliamentary Secretary, Maninder Sidhu, will represent Canada at the Ministerial Conference on Migration in Panama on April 19 and 20, 2022.

The Honourable Mélanie Joly, Minister of Foreign Affairs, announced today that the Honourable Robert Oliphant, Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Foreign Affairs, will be in Senegal and Nigeria from April 19 to April 22.

Members of the media are invited to join the Honourable Marci Ien, Minister for Women and Gender Equality and Youth, for an important announcement highlighting Budget 2022’s investments to make life more affordable for Canadians.

If you are thinking of coming to Canada this summer but a past criminal record is slowing you down, you might want to examine your options to overcome criminal inadmissibility. Although it is true that committing even minor crimes can render you inadmissible, it does not necessarily mean you will never be able to come […]

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Minister Ien highlights investments to make life more affordable in Budget 2022. Members of the media are invited to join the Honourable Marci Ien, Minister for Women and Gender Equality and Youth, for an important announcement highlighting Budget 2022’s investments to make life more affordable for Canadians.

This past week, Manitoba held a special Provincial Nominee Program (PNP) invitation round for citizens of Ukraine and the BC PNP issued invitations to more than 155 candidates. Most Canadian provinces and territories (with the exception of Quebec and Nunavut) operate their own PNPs. Through these programs, interested candidates may be invited to apply for […]

The post PNP results for the week of April 11 first appeared on CIC News.

Her Majesty’s Canadian Ships (HMCS) Goose Bay and Moncton returned to their homeport of Halifax today after a four-month deployment to western Africa on Operation PROJECTION, in support of security and stability in the region.

A recent study from the Canadian Federation of Independent Business titled “Labour shortages are back with a vengeance” found that 54% of businesses could not find all the staff they need, with only 42% reporting being able to fully staff their operations. Some small businesses have made changes to increase their competitiveness in the job […]

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Minister Joly thanked Prime Minister Chính for his country’s warm welcome. Both commented positively on the two countries’ long-standing and beneficial cooperation in many areas such as support for the rules-based international order in the Indo-Pacific, multilateralism and international development assistance...

The Minister of Families, Children and Social Development, Karina Gould, will make a funding announcement on innovative Early Learning and Child Care practices for the benefit of families in Canada.

During her visit, Minister Joly also underscored Canada’s commitment to pursue active engagement with partner countries throughout the region as part of the forthcoming Canadian Indo-Pacific Strategy...

The Honourable Gudie Hutchings, Minister of Rural Economic Development, will visit Brandon, Manitoba, to share news about Budget 2022: A Plan to Grow Our Economy and Make Life More Affordable. Minister Hutchings will highlight Budget 2022 commitments to increase loan forgiveness for doctors and nurses in rural and remote communities.

The Canadian International Trade Tribunal today gave notice that the finding made by the Tribunal on May 25, 2017, in inquiry NQ 2016 004, as amended on June 26, 2020, in inquiry NQ 2016 004R, concerning the dumping of certain fabricated industrial steel components, originating in or exported from the People’s Republic of China, the Republic of Korea and the Kingdom of Spain, and the subsidizing of the above mentioned goods originating in or exported from the People’s Republic of China, will expire on May 24, 2022.

Today, our government announced that it will proceed with Amendments to the Patented Medicines Regulations to provide the Patented Medicine Prices Review Board (PMPRB) with new tools to protect Canadians from excessive prices for patented medicines.

The Quebec Lieutenant, the Honourable Pablo Rodriguez, visited Longueuil for his first official meeting with Mayor Catherine Fournier. The two officials discussed how Budget 2022: A Plan to Grow Our Economy and Make Life More Affordable will support municipalities to create good jobs, grow our economy, and make sure nobody gets left behind.