Québec City, Quebec – February 14, 2025 – Media representatives and others are advised that the Honourable Jean-Yves Duclos, Minister of Public Services and Procurement, on behalf of the Honourable Steven Guilbeault, Minister of Environment and Climate Change, will make an announcement to protect Canada’s fresh water in Québec City.

The Honourable Mélanie Joly, Minister of Foreign Affairs, today announced that she will be traveling to France, Germany, and Belgium, from February 13 to 18, 2025.

From February 17 to 28, 40 members of the Canadian Army’s 2 Canadian Mechanized Brigade Group (2 CMBG) will join 850 Finnish and United States (US) military personnel on Exercise ARCTIC FORGE 25 in Sodankylä, Finland to further strengthen our ability to operate with our Arctic allies.

Canadian Heritage will host an event on February 14 to mark the launch of celebrations for National Flag of Canada Day

“The combined armed and defense forces of the Philippines, Canada, and the United States, demonstrating a collective commitment to strengthen regional and international cooperation in support of a free and open Indo-Pacific region, will conduct a Multilateral Maritime Cooperative Activity within the Philippines’ Exclusive Economic Zone, on 12 February 2025

On February 11, 2025, the Government of Canada formally submitted its 2035 nationally determined contribution (NDC) to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change under the Paris Agreement.

Clinical Practice Guideline for the Management of Perinatal Mood, Anxiety and Related Disorders

Today, the Honourable Ya'ara Saks, Minister of Mental Health and Addictions and Associate Minister of Health, alongside Dr. Simone Vigod, Head of the Department of Psychiatry at Women’s College Hospital, and Dr. Benicio Frey, Professor in the Department of Psychiatry and Behavioural Neurosciences, McMaster University, highlighted the publication of the Canadian Network for Mood and Anxiety Treatments (CANMAT) 2024 Clinical Practice Guideline for the Management of Perinatal Mood, Anxiety, and Related Disorders in the Canadian Journal of Psychiatry.

On February 11, 2025, Daniel Chayer, a Quebec resident and driver for a transport company, was ordered by the Court of Québec to pay a total fine of $35,000.

Today, Parliamentary Secretary Marc G. Serré, on behalf of the Honourable Jonathan Wilkinson, announced that the federal government will give nearly $3.4 million to Canada Nickel for its in-process tailings (IPT) carbonation technology. This funding was provided through the Energy Innovation Program (EIP)’s Carbon Capture, Utilization, and Storage (CCUS) Research, Development, and Demonstration (RD&D) call for proposals. Projects funded under this program aim to develop safe, permanent underground carbon storage, as well as carbon transportation and storage across Canada.

Today, Parliamentary Secretary Marc G. Serré, on behalf of the Honourable Jonathan Wilkinson announced an investment totalling over $14 million to support carbon management technologies under the Energy Innovation Program’s Carbon Capture, Utilization and Storage (CCUS) research, development and demonstration (RD&D) call for proposals. These projects will support the RD&D of next-generation CO2 capture and storage and transportation technologies.

The Government of Canada invests in a modernization project at the Chan Centre for the Performing Arts

Government of Canada investing nearly $9 million to support over 130 businesses in the region

Located on the north bank of the South Thompson River at the foot of Sqeq7é7em (Mounts Peter and Paul), the former Kamloops Indian Residential School opened in 1890 as the Kamloops Industrial School and closed in 1978.

CED grants a total of nearly $300,000 in financial contributions to Wildwood Nature Escape Inc. and Chutes Coulonge.

The Government of Canada is helping a Cape Breton company scale up, modernize and showcase the region’s renowned craftsmanship.

Strong supply chains are essential to making life cost less for Canadians. That’s why the Government of Canada is investing in projects that will drive economic growth, while making our supply chains more resilient and adaptable in the face of climate change.

Michael McLeod, Member of Parliament for the Northwest Territories, on behalf of the Honourable Gary Anandasangaree, Minister of Crown-Indigenous Relations and Northern Affairs and Minister responsible for CanNor, will announce support for the Town of Hay River’s golf course and campground improvement project.

Marc G. Serré, Member of Parliament for Nickel Belt and Parliamentary Secretary to the Ministers of Energy and Natural Resources and Official Languages, today announced a FedNor investment of $1,041,192 to support three strategic initiatives that will benefit businesses, families and individuals in Atikameksheng Anishnawbek.

Canadians deserve to age with dignity. That comes down to choice, affordability, inclusion, and community. The New Horizons for Seniors Program creates those opportunities for seniors to be more connected, supported and active members of their communities.

More than $6.7 million through PrairiesCan will bolster the capacity of local firms to scale-up and bring innovative solutions to market

The lockdown put in place at Beaver Creek Institution on February 5, 2025, has ended and the exceptional search has been completed. The institution has continued with its normal operations and visits have resumed.

The Honourable Mélanie Joly, Minister of Foreign Affairs; the Honourable Ahmed Hussen, Minister of International Development; and the Honourable Bill Blair, Minister of National Defence, today issued the following statement:

On February 9, 2025, an inmate was the victim of an assault at Kent Institution, a maximum-security federal institution.

Today, the Honourable Ruby Sahota, Minister of Democratic Institutions and Minister responsible for the Federal Economic Development Agency for Southern Ontario (FedDev Ontario), announced an investment of over $9 million to support seven Waterloo region companies to grow and scale.