Members of the media are invited to attend an important infrastructure announcement in Sechelt, B.C.
Today, the Honourable Patty Hajdu, Minister of Health, announced nearly $7.5 million for 13 projects across Canada to increase the number of skilled health and social workers available to help people who use substances.
Commodore Dan Charlebois of the Royal Canadian Navy transferred command of the Combined Maritime Forces’ (CMF) Combined Task Force 150 (CTF 150) yesterday to Captain Brendon Clark of the Royal New Zealand Navy during a change of command ceremony held at Naval Support Activity Bahrain.
Today, the Honourable Bernadette Jordan, Minister of Fisheries, Oceans and the Canadian Coast Guard and Member of Parliament for South Shore—St. Margarets, on behalf of the Honourable Catherine McKenna, Minister of Infrastructure and Communities, and the Honourable Brendan Maguire, Minister of Municipal Affairs, announced that Nova Scotia has received more than $58 million through the new Canada Community-Building Fund (CCBF) for the 2021–22 fiscal year, and will soon receive a top-up of over $55 million. This top-up doubles the amount of money that Nova Scotia communities received through the program in 2020-21, enabling them to carry out infrastructure projects that support the well-being of their residents. Andy Fillmore, Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Infrastructure and Communities, was also in attendance.
Today, the Honourable Chrystia Freeland, Deputy Prime Minister and Federal Minister of Finance on behalf of the Honourable Catherine McKenna, Federal Minister of Infrastructure and Communities; the Honourable Bill Blair, Federal Minister of Public Safety and Emergency Preparedness; the Honourable Mary Ng, Minister of Small Business, Export Promotion and International Trade; Gary Anandasangaree, Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Crown-Indigenous Relations and Member of Parliament for Scarborough—Rouge Park; the Honourable Kinga Surma, Ontario’s Minister of Infrastructure; Vijay Thanigasalam, Parliamentary Assistant to the Minister of Transportation and Member of Provincial Parliament for Scarborough—Rouge Park; Logan Kanapathi, Member of Provincial Parliament for Markham—Thornhill; His Worship John Tory, Mayor of the City of Toronto; Jennifer McKelvie, City Councillor for Scarborough-Rouge Park; and Siva Vimalachandran, Chair of the Board of Directors of the Tamil Community Centre, announced funding for the construction of the Tamil Community Centre.
Canada’s fisheries are the backbone of many coastal communities and a driving force in our national economy. The seafood sector is a rapidly shifting environment – competition is intensifying, consumers are increasingly emphasizing sustainability and quality. This is why the Government of Canada and the Province of Nova Scotia today are making strategic investments through the Atlantic Fisheries Fund (AFF).
The Government of Canada is providing a total of $58,366,780 under the Canada Community-Building Fund for Nova Scotia communities. This includes $57.5 million for the following 49 municipalities, and the remainder of the funds will go towards program administration.
Canada’s fisheries are the backbone of many coastal communities and a driving force in our national economy. The seafood sector is a rapidly shifting environment – competition is intensifying, consumers are increasingly emphasizing sustainability and quality. This is why the Government of Canada and the Province of Nova Scotia today are making strategic investments through the Atlantic Fisheries Fund.
The Government of Canada and the Province of Nova Scotia are pleased to announce funding of over $1.4 million for two projects focused on the implementation of updated technologies, equipment and processes to improve holding, handling and processing of lobsters, ultimately resulting in improved lobster quality. Improvements to on-board holding practices will help to maintain live lobsters in the best possible condition; improving quality, vitality, and value.
The Government of Canada and the Province of Nova Scotia are pleased to announce funding of almost $1.4 million for a project by the Northumberland Fisherman’s Association projects focused on the purchase of new equipment and technology ultimately resulting in improved lobster quality. Improvements to on-board holding practices will help to maintain live lobsters in the best possible condition; improving quality, vitality, and value.
The work of human rights defenders is essential to promote and protect the human rights of people around the world. Too often, they put their own lives at risk to denounce injustices and hold the powerful to account.
The Government of Canada and the Province of Nova Scotia are pleased to announce funding of more than $10.3 million for 12150484 Canada Inc., a subsidiary of Ocean Choice International Inc. The funding – with a total contribution of $10,339,504 – will support adopting some of the most advanced state-of-the-art processing and packaging equipment available.
Canada’s fisheries are the backbone of many coastal communities and a driving force in our national economy. At the same time, the seafood sector is a rapidly shifting environment – competition is intensifying and consumers are looking for sustainability and quality. That is why the Government of Canada and the Province of Nova Scotia are making strategic investments in the fish and seafood sector – to help ensure the sector can continue to meet these changing demands and to capitalize on the industry’s tremendous growth potential.
Cape Breton Regional Municipality receives boost to drive tourism recovery
Yvonne Jones, Member of Parliament for Labrador, on behalf of the Honourable Mélanie Joly, Minister of Economic Development and Official Languages and Minister responsible for ACOA, will make a significant announcement related to the mining industry. MP Jones will be joined by the Honourable Lisa Dempster, Newfoundland and Labrador Minister Responsible for Labrador Affairs, and Liz Kidd, President and CEO of College of the North Atlantic.
Providing protection to human rights defenders at risk
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s office is saying the Canada-U.S. border could start opening to fully vaccinated tourists in mid-August, and by early September for all other countries. On July 15, the prime minister spoke with provincial leaders and the minister of intergovernmental affairs on a number of topics. Among them were Canada’s vaccination rates and […]
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“Today, I met my provincial and territorial colleagues virtually to discuss many pressing issues facing the agriculture sector, in the lead-up to our Annual Conference in Guelph, Ontario on September 8th -10th."
The Honourable Carla Qualtrough, Minister of Employment, Workforce Development and Disability Inclusion, on behalf of the Honourable Seamus O’Regan Jr., Canada’s Minister of Natural Resources, will make a clean energy announcement in British Columbia.
Ontario held its first-ever In-Demand Skills stream draw under its new intake system. Less than three weeks after introducing the In-Demand Skills stream to the new Expression of Interest (EOI) system, Ontario has invited immigration candidates to apply for a provincial nomination. For the general draw, Ontario invited 54 candidates with scores of at least […]
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Today, the Honourable Mary Ng, Minister of Small Business, Export Promotion and International Trade, participated in a WTO ministerial meeting on fisheries subsidies negotiations. Chaired by Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, Director-General of the WTO, the negotiations aim to curb harmful subsidies that damage the sustainability of global fisheries...
Members of the media are invited to attend an important infrastructure event with the Honourable Chrystia Freeland, Deputy Prime Minister and Federal Minister of Finance, on behalf of the Honourable Catherine McKenna, Federal Minister of Infrastructure and Communities
Quebec has launched a new points system to rank the profiles of immigration candidates in the Arrima expression of interest pool. Up to 1,320 points are available, of which 580 are for human capital factors and 740 for factors related to Quebec’s labour market needs. The human capital criteria include French language ability, bilingual ability, […]
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Québec a lancé un nouveau système de points pour classer les profils des candidats à l’immigration dans le bassin de déclaration d’intérêt d’Arrima. Jusqu’à 1 320 points peuvent etre obtenus par les candidats qui soumettent un profil dans Arrima, dont 580 pour les facteurs liés au capital humain et 740 pour les facteurs liés aux […]
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Members of the media are invited to attend an important infrastructure event regarding public infrastructure with the Honourable Bernadette Jordan, Minister of Fisheries, Oceans and the Canadian Coast Guard and Member of Parliament for South Shore—St. Margarets, on behalf of the Honourable Catherine McKenna, Minister of Infrastructure and Communities