The air sector plays a crucial role in connecting Canadians across the country and to the world, and creates good, middle-class jobs to help build an economy that works for everyone. Protecting the rights of air passengers is a priority of the Government of Canada, and the government will continue to ensure that travellers’ rights are respected by airlines when air travel does not go according to plan.
| Innovation, Science and Economic Development Canada
| statements
The Honourable Randy Boissonnault, Minister of Tourism and Associate Minister of Finance, made the following statement to mark National Tourism Week 2023
Today marks the beginning of National Immunization Awareness Week (NIAW), celebrated each year to highlight the importance of vaccines to our individual and collective health. This week is an opportunity to look back on the last hundred plus years and reflect on everything vaccination has done to keep us healthy and improve our quality of life.
This week is National Organ and Tissue Donation Awareness Week—a week to raise awareness about the critical need for more donors across the country. Every year, thousands of Canadians receive life-saving organ transplants, while thousands still wait, and hundreds die because not enough organs are available.
| Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada
| news releases
Canada continues to call for an end to violence in Sudan and stands with the Sudanese people as they strive for peace. We are deeply concerned for the safety of people in the area, and understand that some Sudanese nationals in Canada may wish to temporarily extend their stay here rather than return home at this time.
| Housing, Infrastructure and Communities Canada
| news releases
Today, the Honourable Dominic LeBlanc, Minister of Intergovernmental Affairs, Infrastructure and Communities, His Worship Charlie Clark, Mayor of Saskatoon, and Josipa Petrunić, President and CEO of the Canadian Urban Transit Research & Innovation Consortium (CUTRIC), announced a joint investment of $420,000 to plan for the electrification of Saskatoon Transit’s bus fleet.
