OTTAWA — Patrick Weiler, Member of Parliament for West Vancouver—Sunshine Coast—Sea to Sky Country, on behalf of the Honourable Jonathan Wilkinson, Minister of Natural Resources; along with Jennifer Rice, British Columbia Parliamentary Secretary for Emergency Preparedness; and Mark Collins, President and CEO of BC Ferries, will make an announcement related to the Earthquake Early Warning system.A media availability will follow. All attendees are asked to adhere to local health guidelines.

The CBSA launches investigations into the alleged dumping and subsidizing of certain drill pipe from China

Canadians are rightfully proud of their publicly funded health care system. Ensuring accessible, public, high-quality health care is ever critical as we adapt to a post-pandemic reality. The COVID-19 pandemic has delayed an estimated 700,000 surgeries and other medical procedures, resulting in an increase of waitlists and backlogs. The federal government is today taking further action to help provinces and territories deliver quicker access to health care, reduce the backlog accumulated during the pandemic and support hundreds of thousands additional surgeries.

Public Services and Procurement Canada wishes to advise motorists that the bridge at the St. Andrews Lock and Dam will no longer be closed to motorists for 1 night during the week of March 28, from 10 pm to 6 am.

Government of Canada announces funding to grow domestic market for chicken and turkey

“Every spring, the re-opening of schools in Afghanistan comes along with great hopes and expectations of millions of students: to meet classmates and friends again, to resume learning and training, and to take another step forward in life.

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Global supply chains continue to be disrupted by the COVID-19 pandemic, growing impacts of climate change, and recent sanctions against Russia. Ensuring that Canadian supply chains are resilient and fluid is a priority.

The Honourable Steven Guilbeault, Minister of Environment and Climate Change, today launched the Government of Canada’s consultations to seek input from the provinces and territories, Indigenous Peoples, industry, and interested stakeholders to inform the design of tougher regulations to achieve at least a 75 percent reduction in methane emissions from the oil and gas sector by 2030.

Irek Kusmierczyk, Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Employment, Workforce Development and Disability Inclusion, on behalf of the Honourable Gudie Hutchings, Minister of Rural Economic Development, together with Robert Bailey, Member of Provincial Parliament for Sarnia–Lambton, on behalf of the Honourable Kinga Surma, Ontario's Minister of Infrastructure, will make an announcement about improving high-speed Internet access.

Today, Bryan May, Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of National Defence, on behalf of the Honourable Gudie Hutchings, Minister of Rural Economic Development, along with Ernie Hardeman, Member of Provincial Parliament for Oxford, on behalf of the Honourable Kinga Surma, Ontario’s Minister of Infrastructure, announced more than $6 million in funding to bring access to reliable high-speed Internet to 1,191 households in rural Ontario. These communities include Innerkip, Strathallan, Braemar, Hickson, Beachville, Brownsville, Culloden, Mount Elgin, Salford, Sweaburg, Delmer, Foldens and Ostrander.

On March 25, 2022, Bryan May, Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of National Defence, on behalf of the Honourable Gudie Hutchings, Minister of Rural Economic Development; and Ernie Hardeman, Member of Provincial Parliament for Oxford, on behalf of the Honourable Kinga Surma, Ontario’s Minister of Infrastructure, announced the following Universal Broadband Fund and Improving Connectivity for Ontario projects

“We, the G7 Foreign Ministers of Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, the United Kingdom, and the United States of America, and the High Representative of the European Union strongly condemn the continued testing of ballistic missiles by the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK), including the Intercontinental Ballistic Missile (ICBM) launch conducted on March 24, 2022.

On March 14, 2022, as a result of the vigilance of staff members, several packages containing contraband and unauthorized items were seized at Donnacona Institution, a federal maximum-security institution.

The Honourable Mélanie Joly, Minister of Foreign Affairs, today announced Canada is imposing targeted sanctions under the Special Economic Measures (Burma) Regulations against individuals and entities responsible for procuring and supplying arms and military equipment to the military regime in Myanmar, as well as the Commander of the Air Force.

Effective immediately, Canada is imposing sanctions against the following individuals and entities in relation to the coup perpetrated by Myanmar’s armed forces on February 1, 2021.

Concrete support for the Franco-Ontarian community: The governments of Canada and Ontario announce a significant investment in support of the Université de Hearst in Ontario.

Statement from the Minister of Health and Minister of Mental Health and Associate Minister of Health on International Day of Remembrance of the Victims of Slavery and the Transatlantic Slave Trade

The Government of Canada is working hard to resettle at least 40,000 Afghan nationals as quickly and safely as possible. Canada has now welcomed 9,560 Afghan refugees, with more arriving every week.

The Canadian Coast Guard’s seasonal lifeboat stations across the Great Lakes will open on the following dates.

The Honourable Mélanie Joly, Minister of Foreign Affairs, yesterday met with Artis Pabriks, Latvia’s Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Defence, during his visit to Ottawa.

The Competition Bureau announced today that the filing fee for merger reviews is set to increase from $74,905.57 to $77,452.36 pursuant to a required annual adjustment set out in the Service Fees Act. The new filing fee comes into effect April 1, 2022.

“Canada strongly condemns North Korea’s launch of an Intercontinental Ballistic Missile (ICBM) on Thursday, March 24. Canada and its allies had also deplored the launch of North Korea’s missiles in early March, involving a new Intercontinental Ballistic Missile system. These tests pose a direct threat to international and regional peace and security and are a clear violation of the United Nations Security Council resolutions.

Government of Canada to make an announcement on health care (March 25, 2022)

The Honourable Marie-Claude Bibeau, Minister of Agriculture and Agri-Food, issued the following statement regarding the announcement that the United States will soon resume imports of Prince Edward Island (PEI) table stock potatoes into the continental U.S. with reasonable science-based conditions.