The Honourable Patty Hajdu and the Honourable Michael Gravelle to Announce Indigenous Clean-Tech Investment

Media Advisory

Thunder Bay, Ontario, October 19, 2017 — The Honourable Patty Hajdu, Minister of Employment, Workforce Development and Labour, and Member of Parliament for Thunder Bay—Superior North, and the Honourable Michael Gravelle, Ontario’s Minister of Northern Development and Mines, and Chair of the Northern Ontario Heritage Fund Corporation, will be in Thunder Bay on October 20, 2017 to make a significant funding announcement in support of an innovative Indigenous community infrastructure project in Whitesand First Nation.

The federal funding announcement will be made on behalf of the Honourable Navdeep Bains, Minister of Innovation, Science and Economic Development, and Minister responsible for FedNor, and the Honourable Jane Philpott, Minister of Indigenous Services.

Ministers Hajdu and Gravelle will participate in a photo opportunity and will be available to answer questions from the media following the announcement.

Date:               Friday, October 20, 2017

Time:              12:00 p.m. (noon)

Location:        Prince Arthur Hotel
                        Salon E
                        17 Cumberland St. North,
                        Thunder Bay, ON P7A 4K8

Follow the Minister on Twitter: @MinisterISED

For further information, please contact:

Paul Denis
Communications Officer
FedNor
705-507-0539
paul.denis@canada.ca

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