Starting March 31 and for the entire month of April, NFB.ca will offer free streaming access to a new slate of diverse projects from NFB studios across the country.

On April 1, 2022, as a result of the vigilance of staff members, packages containing contraband and unauthorized items were seized on the perimeter of the Nova Institution for Women, a multi-level security federal institution.

On April 5, 2022, Rumina Velshi, CNSC President and CEO, delivered remarks at the United States Nuclear Industry Council Advanced Reactor Summit in Idaho. She provided an overview of the CNSC’s small modular reactor (SMR) readiness activities, including capacity building and pre-licensing activities. She also highlighted the importance of international harmonization and collaboration.

As the 20th anniversary of the digital age’s first viral phenomenon approaches, director Mathieu Fournier’s Star Wars Kid: The Rise of the Digital Shadows (URBANIA/NFB) will be available to stream free online at NFB.ca as of March 31.

The Honourable Mary Ng, Minister of International Trade, Export Promotion, Small Business and Economic Development will be visiting Guyana and Jamaica to strengthen Canada trade relationships in the Caribbean and open new doors for Canadian businesses and exporters.

On April 1 and 4, 2022, as a result of the vigilance of staff members, two packages containing prohibited and unauthorized items were seized at Archambault Institution, a multi-level security federal institution.

Canada’s Finance Minister, Chrystia Freeland has just unveiled Canada’s first budget since the September 2021 federal election. The budget outlines the Canadian government’s planned spending and revenue. It is one of the most important announcements made by the federal government each year since it outlines the state of Canada’s economic and fiscal health and what […]

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Budget 2022 proposes to invest an additional $11 billion over six years to continue to support Indigenous children and families, and to help Indigenous communities continue to grow and shape their futures.

The past two years, in particular, have reminded us of the systemic barriers and vulnerabilities faced by Black and racialized Canadians, Indigenous peoples, persons with disabilities, women, seniors, and LGBTQ2 Canadians. Budget 2022 introduces new measures to promote a more equitable, more inclusive Canada, and to build communities where everyone is empowered to succeed.

Since the start of the pandemic, the federal government has invested more than $69 billion, with more funding to be rolled out in future years, to lead a coordinated federal, provincial, and territorial response to fight COVID-19 and protect the health and safety of Canadians.

Making life more affordable is one of the government’s primary goals in Budget 2022. In the long run, this will require addressing long-standing, structural challenges to deliver meaningful improvements in living standards for more Canadians.

Russia’s further invasion of Ukraine has reminded us that the international community is strongest when it acts together in defence of the values we share. In partnership with like-minded democracies around the world, Canada will continue to stand up to the global threats that recognize no borders.

Canada’s rural communities are a driver of economic growth, and home to a wide range of industries including agriculture, mining, and tourism. To support this growth, Budget 2022 announces a range of important programs and initiatives that are supporting Canadians living and working in rural communities.

In Budget 2022, the government is putting in place important measures that will help address these issues and meet the needs of our workers, our businesses, and the Canadian economy so that it can keep growing stronger for years to come.

In Budget 2021, the federal government made an historic investment of $30 billion over five years to build a Canada-wide early learning and child care system. In less than a year, it reached agreements with all 13 provinces and territories. By the end of 2022, child care fees will be reduced by an average of 50 per cent, and by 2025-26, child care fees will average $10-a-day for all regulated child care spaces, from coast-to-coast-to-coast.

Smart climate investments today are good for Canadian workers, good for the Canadian economy, and good for the planet. With the largest mobilization of global capital since the Industrial Revolution already underway, Canada has the chance to become a leader in the clean energy of the future. Budget 2022 will help Canada continue to lead in global efforts to fight climate change, to protect our nature, and to build a clean economy that will create the good-paying middle class jobs of today and tomorrow.

Budget 2022 proposes additional measures that will make the tax system more fair, and new steps to ensure that the federal government is delivering the effective programs and services that Canadians deserve.

Budget 2022 outlines the additional steps that need to be taken—the steps that will create new, good-paying jobs for Canadians; help more people join the middle class; and set Canada up to be an economic leader for decades to come.

Today, the Honourable Chrystia Freeland, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Finance, released Budget 2022: A Plan to Grow Our Economy and Make Life More Affordable.

Everyone should have a safe and affordable place to call home. Budget 2022 takes significant steps that will build more homes and make housing more affordable across the country.

Everyone has a role to play in ending violence against Indigenous women, girls and 2SLGBTQQIA+ people in Canada.

Investment will help over 1,300 tourism entities, including Indigenous tourism, recover, while creating and maintaining up to 4,200 jobs

Tonight, the Samuel De Champlain Bridge will display dynamic green and blue colours, from sunset to 1 a.m., to celebrate World Health Day—Our Planet, Our Health.

Former Canadian Space Agency (CSA) astronaut Bjarni Tryggvason has passed away at the age of 76.

On April 4, 2022, in the Provincial Court of British Columbia at Abbotsford, Delfresh Mushroom Farm Ltd. was ordered to pay a total fine of $265,000 and H.Q. Mushroom Farm Ltd. was ordered to pay a total fine of $385,000. These fines come after the companies, both having the same owner, entered guilty pleas on November 22, 2021, for two violations each of the pollution prevention provisions of the Fisheries Act. The offences relate to deposits of deleterious substances by each of the farms in waters frequented by fish, thereby contravening subsection 36(3) of the Act.