The Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Finance, the Honourable Chrystia Freeland, will present Budget 2021 in the House of Commons on April 19, 2021, at approximately 4:00 p.m. ET.

Minister Schulte to announce new community supports for seniors across Canada at a Vaughan Community Health Centre project

Remarks from the Chief Public Health Officer on COVID-19, March 23rd, 2021

Canadians everywhere are feeling the impact of COVID-19, on their families, their livelihoods, and their way of life. Together, the governments of Canada and Ontario are working to reduce the impact of the pandemic, ensure health and safety, rebuild businesses, and promote job creation, growth and investment.

Gatineau, Quebec, March 23, 2021 - Public Services and Procurement Canada informing users that the lane closures and periodic sidewalk reductions on the Timiskaming Quebec Dam Bridge, connecting Highway 63, in Ontario, to Route 101, in Quebec is extended to carry out work on the bridge.

The Honourable Seamus O’Regan Jr., Canada’s Minister of Natural Resources, today announced a $25,000 investment for Hydro Technologies Canada Inc. (HTCI) to conduct a study to reduce costs, improve energy efficiency and identify energy conservation initiatives for its Québec City plant.

In May 2020, the Government of Canada enhanced the Youth Employment and Skills Program (YESP) with an investment of up to $9.2 million to assist employers in hiring Canadian youth for jobs in the agriculture sector. Since then, nearly 1,000 jobs were created in 2020 across Canada, including 34 jobs for young people in the Eastern Township region, in Quebec.

The Government of Canada remains committed to building a more inclusive and accessible Canada during the COVID-19 pandemic and beyond. One way to strengthen Canada’s workforce and economic recovery is to address the challenges experienced by persons with disabilities in securing gainful employment. To help improve workplace accessibility and access to jobs, the Government of Canada introduced the National Workplace Accessibility Stream under the Opportunities Fund for Persons with Disabilities.

Canadians everywhere are feeling the impact of COVID-19, on their families, their livelihoods, and their way of life. Together, the governments of Canada and Ontario are working to reduce the impact of the pandemic, ensure health and safety, rebuild businesses, and promote job creation, growth and investment.

The government of Canada will provide the Province of Ontario with $23.7 million to operate a number of safe, voluntary isolation sites.

Today, the Minister of Agriculture and Agri-Food, the Honourable Marie-Claude Bibeau along with the Member of Parliament for Brome-Missisquoi, Lyne Bessette, highlighted an investment of over $324,000 to hire 34 youth to work on farm businesses in the Eastern Townships, Quebec, through the Youth Employment and Skills Program (YESP).

That’s why the Government of Canada is investing over $173,000 in four new projects in Quebec communities through the Municipal Asset Management Program (MAMP), delivered by the Federation of Canadian Municipalities on behalf of the federal government. The program aims to strengthen local infrastructure planning and decision-making by increasing local asset management capacity through investments in activities such as asset management training, technology and software enhancements and information sharing.

CanNor invests over $285,000 to foster the economic and entrepreneurship development of the Francophone community in NWT.

On March 21, 2021, as a result of the assistance from the community and the vigilance of staff members, a package containing contraband and unauthorized items was seized at Bath Institution.

Canadians everywhere are feeling the impact of COVID-19, on their families, their livelihoods and their way of life. Together, the governments of Canada and Ontario are working to reduce the impact of the pandemic, ensure health and safety, rebuild businesses, and promote job creation, growth and investment.

“Today is World Meteorological Day and on this occasion, I would like to congratulate the Meteorological Service of Canada (MSC) for 150 years of providing Canadians with authoritative, timely and quality weather information. As one of our country’s oldest government institutions, the MSC is a unique national asset with a long and proud history of serving Canadians.

The Canadian Coast Guard advises residents near McGregor Bay, Ontario that icebreaking operations may occur in the area near the Whitefish River Lafarge terminal on or around March 25, 2021.

Despite the pandemic, Ontario still nominated high numbers of new immigrants in 2020. Through the Ontario Immigrant Nominee Program (OINP), Ontario nominated 8,054 principal applicants in 2020, who came with their spouses and children for a total of 15,303 nominations. A nomination does not mean they necessarily moved to Ontario, but it means the province […]

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Coronavirus disease (COVID-19) update to be given by Ministers and Government of Canada officials at March 23, 2021 news conference.

Members of the media are invited to attend an important virtual infrastructure event with Paul Lefebvre, Member of Parliament for Sudbury and Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Natural Resources, and Marc Serré, Member of Parliament for Nickel Belt, on behalf of the Honourable Catherine McKenna, Minister of Infrastructure and Communities; Natalia Kusendova, Parliamentary Assistant to the Minister of Francophone Affairs and Member of Provincial Parliament for Mississauga Centre, on behalf of the Honourable Laurie Scott, Ontario's Minister of Infrastructure; and His Worship Brian Bigger, Mayor of the City of Greater Sudbury.

The Government of Canada is proud to reaffirm its partnership with Nishnawbe Aski Nation (NAN) and the Government of Ontario to support NAN towards achieving a self-determined health care system.

March 22, 2021 -The Honourable Mary Ng, Minister of Small Business, Export Promotion and International Trade, will launch the virtual trade mission to Singapore. Minister Ng will provide a keynote address to Canadian delegation participating and announce new services to support Canadian business expansion in Asia.

Members of the media are invited to attend an important virtual infrastructure event with Tim Louis, Member of Parliament for Kitchener–Conestoga, on behalf of the Honourable Catherine McKenna, Minister of Infrastructure and Communities; Mike Harris, Member of Provincial Parliament for Kitchener–Conestoga, and Parliamentary Assistant to the Minister of Natural Resources and Forestry, on behalf of the Honourable Laurie Scott, Ontario’s Minister of Infrastructure; and Her Worship, Sandy Shantz, Mayor of the Township of Woolwich.

Government of Canada to host Diversifying the Federal Supply Chain SummitCanada’s Procurement Ombudsman will host the Diversifying the Federal Supply Chain Virtual Summit on March 23-25, 2021.

Public Services and Procurement Canada (PSPC) wishes to advise motorists that there will be alternating lane closures on the Chaudiere Crossing.