The AgriScience Program, an initiative under the Canadian Agricultural Partnership, aims to support research activities to help industry overcome challenges and address fiscal barriers experienced by small and emerging sectors. The Program also seeks to mitigate high-risk opportunities that have the potential to yield significant returns.

Technology, innovation and research are crucial to farmers looking to boost production and enhance competitiveness. The research being carried out across Quebec and the entire country is helping our farmers remain well-positioned for future growth and prosperity.

This week, on July 9 and 10, 2021, the Honourable Chrystia Freeland, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Finance, will attend the G20 Finance Ministers and Central Bank Governors Meeting, hosted in Venice, Italy.

On July 7, 2021, Dr. Theresa Tam, Canada’s Chief Public Health Officer, issued the following statement on COVID-19.

The Government of Canada is collaboratively working with provinces and territories and Indigenous partners to ensure minimum levels of essential transportation services to remote communities, to avoid the disruptions that a sudden loss in these services would cause.

Today, the Honourable Catherine McKenna, federal Minister of Infrastructure and Communities, and Christian Dubé, Minister of Health and Social Services, announced a total of $188,3 million in funding for these 209 infrastructure projects. The Government of Canada is contributing $144.3 million through the new COVID-19 Resilience Stream of the Investing in Canada Infrastructure Program. The Government of Quebec is contributing nearly $44 million.

Joint funding from the Government of Canada and the Government of Quebec has been allocated to 209 infrastructure projects in Quebec’s health, social services and long-term care institutions.

On July 6, 2021, Phillip Vince, an inmate from the Regional Psychiatric Centre died while in our custody of apparent natural causes following an illness.

In response to COVID-19, Agency to focus on advancing HMS Erebus and HMS Terror research plans for the 2022 season.

To mark the first-year anniversary of the Canada-United States-Mexico Agreement, the Honourable Mary Ng, Minister of Small Business, Export Promotion and International Trade will meet with stakeholders, community leaders and hold private meetings in Mexico City on July 8th, 2021.

The implementation of the Pay Equity Act is an important part of the Government of Canada’s commitment to close the gender wage gap and ensure that workers receive equal pay for work of equal value. It will put into place long-term, sustainable changes that will ensure that women’s work is valued and compensated fairly, now and into the future. This is especially significant as the Government of Canada works to ensure an inclusive economic recovery from the COVID-19 pandemic.

On October 29, 2018, the Government introduced the Pay Equity Act as part of Bill C-86, the Budget Implementation Act, 2018, No. 2. On December 13, 2018, the bill received Royal Assent.

The Minister of Transport, the Honourable Omar Alghabra, the Minister for Women and Gender Equality, Rural Economic Development and Member of Parliament for Peterborough—Kawartha, the Honourable Maryam Monsef, and Her Worship Diane Therrien, Mayor of the City of Peterborough will make an announcement on High Frequency Rail in Ontario.

The Government of Canada is committed to removing wrecked, abandoned or hazardous vessels that pose a threat of pollution to the marine environment, impact coastal communities and pose a health and safety risk to Canadians.

Today, on behalf of the Minister of Agriculture and Agri-Food, the Honourable Marie-Claude Bibeau, Parliamentary Secretary Neil Ellis and the Member of Parliament for Niagara Centre, Vance Badawey, highlighted funding of up to $1.48 million for extractX Inc. to develop a mobile, ethanol-based extraction lab for biomass processing.

The Government of Canada is taking the first steps in preparing for the procurement process to build a new train service in the Toronto to Quebec City Corridor

The Old Age Security (OAS) pension provides retirement income security for seniors because it maintains its value over time, even as prices increase.

An important chapter of the largest deployment of Canadian military personnel since the Second World War came to an end ten years ago this month. After the terrorist attacks in the United States by al-Qaeda on 11 September 2001, Canada pledged its full support and contributed forces to the international fight against terrorism initially as part of the United States led Operation Enduring Freedom.

Today, the Honourable Bardish Chagger, Minister of Diversity and Inclusion and Youth and Member of Parliament for Waterloo, on behalf of the Honourable Mélanie Joly, Minister of Economic Development and Official Languages, announced a FedDev Ontario investment of $8.2 million for the University of Waterloo to build on this foundation and establish the Additive Manufacturing Alliance.

The Honourable Diane Lebouthillier, Member of Parliament for Gaspésie‒Les Îles-de-la-Madeleine and Minister of National Revenue, will announce Government of Canada financial assistance to support the growth of the Quebec Agrifood Innovation Center (QAIC). The QAIC’s mission is to assist and support businesses operating in the biofood and biotechnology sectors by providing innovation support and technology transfer services.

The Honourable Diane Lebouthillier, Member of Parliament for Gaspésie–Les Îles-de-la-Madeleine and Minister of National Revenue, will announce Government of Canada financial assistance to support the Hôtel Universel de Rivière-du-Loup for its modernization project.

The relationship between Canada and the United States is one of the closest and most enduring in the world and it contributes to the growth, prosperity and security of both countries.

Today, the Honourable Mary Ng, Minister of Small Business, Export Promotion and International Trade, met with Katherine Tai, United States Trade Representative, in Washington, D.C., during the Minister’s first international trip since the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic.

Alberta released the details of its June 29 draw. The Alberta Immigrant Nominee Program (AINP) invited 148 Express Entry candidates with Comprehensive Ranking System (CRS) scores of at least 302. These candidates may now apply for a provincial nomination through the Alberta Express Entry stream. Compared to Alberta’s previous Provincial Nominee Program (PNP) draw this […]

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The Honourable Mélanie Joly, Minister of Economic Development and Official Languages, accompanied by the Honourable Pablo Rodriguez, Quebec Lieutenant, Member of Parliament for Honoré–Mercier and Leader of the Government in the House of Commons, will announce renewed financial support from the Government of Canada for regional export promotion organizations (ORPEX).