Local, provincial, and federal law enforcement agencies work together to combat extortion through a coordinated, multi-level approach. They share intelligence, and align investigations and enforcement strategies to disrupt criminal networks targeting businesses and residents. This collaboration leverages federal resources and local expertise to ensure a comprehensive response that reduces the impact of organized crime and protects communities.

Criminal networks use extortion to fund and exert control over illegal markets such as drug trafficking, auto theft, and firearms smuggling. These groups often use intimidation tactics through social media, and threats can turn violent – fueling gang activity and undermining public safety.

Today, Federal Minister of Agriculture and Agri-Food Heath MacDonald and Saskatchewan Minister of Agriculture David Marit announced $9.7 million to support crop research in Saskatchewan.

The Honourable Maninder Sidhu, Minister of International Trade, met with Khalid bin Abdulaziz Al-Falih, Minister of Investment of Saudi Arabia, during his visit to the Gulf region with a delegation of Canadian senior-level business leaders.

New federal investment will help welcome, retain and develop of the French-speaking immigrant workforce in Canada

As travel rules continue to shift and global uncertainty grows, more people are turning to second citizenship as a source of long-term security. Even celebrities such as George Clooney and Rosie O’ Donnell have acquired or are seeking to acquire dual citizenship (and the passport that comes with it)—French citizenship for the former and Irish […]

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The Honourable Evan Solomon, Minister responsible for the Federal Economic Development Agency for Southern Ontario, will make an important announcement supporting two Ontario-based manufacturers.

In advance of the visit of Prime Minister Mark Carney, the Honourable Maninder Sidhu, Minister of International Trade, concluded the first leg of his visit to the Gulf region with a stop in Qatar, on January 8, 2026, alongside a Canadian senior-level business delegation.

Today, the Honourable Evan Solomon, Minister of Artificial Intelligence and Digital Innovation and Minister responsible for the Federal Economic Development Agency for Southern Ontario (FedDev Ontario), announced a combined repayable investment of over $15 million to support the growth of eight Greater Toronto and Hamilton Area businesses.

FedDev Ontario investment will help eight local businesses scale up, develop new products and solutions

Some citizens of the United States seeking to move and work in Canada have advantages and facilitations to help them do so more easily. The Canada–United States–Mexico Agreement (CUSMA)—Canada’s name for the USMCA free trade agreement—lets certain U.S. and Mexican citizens work in Canada more easily in specific business categories. Among the advantages that eligible […]

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Today, the Honourable Marjorie Michel, Minister of Health, announced an investment of more than $345,000 to the Government of British Columbia for its project “Equitable Access to Personal Health Information”.

On January 15, 2026, the Competition Bureau will release the findings of its study on how data portability can unlock competition and empower Canadians in the digital world.

Members of the media are invited to an infrastructure announcement with the Honourable Lena Metlege Diab, Minister of Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship and Member of Parliament for Halifax West and Kirk MacDiarmid, President of the Mayflower Curling Club.

Today, Mike Kelloway, Member of Parliament for Sydney-Glace Bay and Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Transport and Internal Trade, on behalf of the Honourable David J. McGuinty, Minister of National Defence, announced Sydney, Nova Scotia, as the preferred location to explore the maintenance port for the Canadian Coast Guard’s future polar icebreakers.

Today, the Honourable Eleanor Olszewski, Minister of Emergency Management and Community Resilience and Minister responsible for Prairies Economic Development Canada, issued the following statement:

As of January 15, the NFB’s series of free public screenings will resume on Thursdays at the Alanis Obomsawin Theatre in the Quartier des Spectacles. The months of January and February will be filled with wonderful cultural evenings featuring recent gems from the NFB’s collection on the big screen

This January, everyone’s invited to keep on streaming Canadian on NFB platforms! We’re celebrating the new year with the free online launch of two award-winning new films: a feature-length documentary and an animated short, now available to view all across the country

Festivalgoers at the 2026 Victoria Film Festival (Feb. 6–15) will be treated to a showcase of great Canadian animation featuring four National Film Board of Canada (NFB) shorts—including the WORLD PREMIERE of Toronto filmmaker Bahij Jaroudi’s Bisou sauvage.

The Canadian International Trade Tribunal today initiated a preliminary injury inquiry into a complaint by Moly-Cop Canada, of Kamloops, British Columbia, that it has suffered injury as a result of the dumping and subsidizing of forged grinding media from China. The Tribunal’s inquiry is conducted pursuant to the Special Import Measures Act (SIMA) as a result of the initiation of dumping and subsidizing investigations by the Canada Border Services Agency (CBSA).

Today, Corey Hogan, Parliamentary Secretary to the Honourable Tim Hodgson, Minister of Energy and Natural Resources, announced nearly $3 million in funding through the Energy Innovation Program’s Smart Grids Regulatory Innovation Capacity Building Call for Proposals to support four Alberta projects that will enhance grid reliability and resiliency in the province.

Today, the Honourable Gary Anandasangaree, Minister of Public Safety, and the Honourable John Zerucelli, Secretary of State for Labour, announced $1.89 million in funding to the United Nations Association in Canada for a new initiative aimed at reducing youth involvement in gangs and violent crime in Toronto’s Rexdale community through Public Safety Canada’s Youth Gang Prevention Fund.

Members of the media are invited to join the Honourable Gary Anandasangaree, Minister of Public Safety, and the Honourable Ruby Sahota, Secretary of State for Combatting Crime, for a morning media opportunity and media availability following the summit on combatting extortion targeting individuals and businesses.

On January 10, 2026, Claude Fournier, an inmate from Archambault Institution, died while in our custody of apparent natural causes.

On January 6, 2026, as a result of the vigilance of staff members, a package containing contraband and unauthorized items was seized at Beaver Creek Institution, a multi-level security federal institution.