Please be advised that the Honourable Marc Miller, Minister of Indigenous Services, Valerie Gideon, Associate Deputy Minister of Indigenous Services Canada and Dr. Tom Wong, Chief Medical Officer of Public Health, will hold a news conference to provide an update on coronavirus disease (COVID-19).

Ontario held a new draw on February 16, inviting 1,186 immigration candidates with work experience in the tech sector to apply for a provincial nomination. The Ontario Immigrant Nominee Program (OINP) issued the invitations to Express Entry candidates with Comprehensive Ranking System (CRS) scores between 453 and 467. The OINP issued invitations to candidates who […]

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The Honourable Harjit S. Sajjan, Minister of National Defence, will participate in the NATO Defence Ministers’ Meeting from February 17 to 18, 2021, by secure video conference.

The Honourable Marc Miller, the Honourable Doug Downey, Thomas Carrique and Nishnawbe Aski Nation Grand Chief Alvin Fiddler congratulated Pikangikum First Nation Chief Dean Owen and the community on the opening of the KII-WE-YAN Pikangikum First Nation Bail Bed and Transition Home that will provide temporary shelter and healing services for Pikangikum members, including those on bail or serving intermittent sentences.

Remarks from the Chief Public Health Officer on COVID-19, February 16, 2021

The ministers underscored the shared values and steadfast relationship between Canada and Ukraine. They reiterated the importance of ongoing cooperation in the International Coordination and Response Group for the victims of Flight PS752.

The Minister of Employment, Workforce Development and Disability Inclusion, Carla Qualtrough, will announce important project funding, resulting from the 2020 Union Training and Innovation Program call for proposals. She will be accompanied by Randeep Sarai, Member of Parliament for Surrey Centre.

Whales are as vulnerable as they are majestic. As a Government we are committed to protecting them with methods that are sustainable and grounded in the best-available research and technology.

The Government of Canada supports a new creative hub in Winnipeg’s historic Exchange District

The Government continues to invest in the health and well-being of Canadians during the COVID-19 pandemic and creating conditions for a robust economic recovery.

Today, the Minister of Transport, the Honourable Omar Alghabra, announced the most recent initiatives to receive funding for the assessment, removal and disposal of abandoned boats in Canadian waters. Under the Abandoned Boats Program, $1,692,079 is being provided to assess 44 boat removal projects in British Columbia and Newfoundland and Labrador, and to remove 51 abandoned boats in British Columbia and Nova Scotia.

Through Transport Canada’s Abandoned Boats Program and Fisheries and Oceans Canada’s Small Craft Harbours Abandoned and Wrecked Vessels Removal Program, the Government of Canada is helping to remove abandoned boats, educate boat owners about their responsibilities, and support research into improving recycling options.

Today, Kate Young, Member of Parliament for London West, on behalf of the Honourable Catherine McKenna, Federal Minister of Infrastructure and Communities; the Honourable Jeff Yurek, Minister of the Environment, Conservation and Parks and Member of Provincial Parliament for Elgin—Middlesex—London, on behalf of the Honourable Laurie Scott, Ontario’s Minister of Infrastructure; and His Worship Duncan McPhail, Mayor of the Municipality of West Elgin, announced joint funding for improvements to the Rodney Wastewater Treatment Plant in the Municipality of West Elgin.

During this roundtable discussion, the ministers heard about investment opportunities in the city to create jobs for workers.

Canada Economic Development for Quebec Regions grants $801,500 in support for three regional businesses and helps create and maintain 20 jobs.

The report remarked on the importance of avoiding premature withdrawal of policy support and welcomed Canada’s adoption of fiscal guardrails.

Canadian provinces and territories have made adjustments to their immigration programs so that new immigrants can still become permanent residents during the pandemic. Provincial Nominee Programs (PNPs) have been operating throughout the coronavirus outbreak, and there’s no sign of stopping in 2021 either. These programs serve an important purpose to regional economies. They were designed […]

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Stéphane Jobin (LLL Law, University of Ottawa, 1989; School of the Quebec Bar, 1990) joined External Affairs and International Trade Canada in 1991 after working as a lawyer in private practice.

The Honourable Marc Garneau, Minister of Foreign Affairs, today announced the following diplomatic appointment: Stéphane Jobin becomes Ambassador to the Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia and Permanent Observer to the African Union. Mr. Jobin replaces Antoine Chevrier.

Coronavirus disease (COVID-19) update to be given by Ministers and Government of Canada officials at February 16, 2021 news conference.

The Parks Canada Agency is pleased to announce a collaboration with Quebec iconic storyteller Fred Pellerin to offer a new audio path, Diabolus ex machina, at the Forges du Saint-Maurice National Historic Site for the 2021 summer season.

Launched in July 2020, Perseverance, NASA's Mars 2020 rover, will land in Jezero Crater on February 18. For the first time, samples of rock and soil collected on Mars will be sealed and stored for possible return to Earth.

Government of Canada officials will host a technical briefing for media on firearms.

The Canadian International Trade Tribunal today determined that there is a reasonable indication that the dumping and subsidizing of certain grinding media from the Republic of India have caused injury or are threatening to cause injury to the domestic industry.

An effective rules-based multilateral trading system, with the World Trade Organization (WTO) at its core, is essential to the global economic recovery from the COVID-19 pandemic and for Canada’s future prosperity. Given the WTO’s global stature, strong leadership is required to bring together like-minded countries and make trade more efficient and beneficial for everyone.