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Toronto, Ontario, April 23, 2023—Members of the media are invited to an announcement on zero emission public transit infrastructure with the Honourable Chrystia Freeland, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Finance, and Jennifer McKelvie, Deputy Mayor of the City of Toronto.
| Housing, Infrastructure and Communities Canada
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Today, John Aldag, Member of Parliament for Cloverdale—Langley City, announced a federal investment of $13,800 to support the electrification of Langley School District’s bus fleet.
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Today, on behalf of the Honourable Dominic LeBlanc, Minister of Intergovernmental Affairs, Infrastructure and Communities, the Honourable Chrystia Freeland, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Finance, and Ya’ara Saks, Member of Parliament for York Centre, joined Jennifer McKelvie, Deputy Mayor of the City of Toronto, and Fort Monaco, Chief of Engineering and Infrastructure of the Toronto Transit Commission (TTC) to announce a joint investment of $700 million towards the electrification of the TTC’s bus fleet.
After consulting with Canada’s Ambassador to Sudan, the decision has been made to temporarily suspend our operations in Sudan. Canadian diplomats will temporarily work from a safe location outside of the country. They will continue working with the Government of Sudan, neighbouring countries, as well as with like-minded governments and the international community to coordinate the response to this crisis, and to support Canadians still in country.
Shaun Chen, Member of Parliament for Scarborough North, on behalf of The Honourable Jean-Yves Duclos, Minister of Health, announced that PHAC invested over $286,000 in projects led by the Black Physicians’ Association of Ontario and the Federation of Black Canadians. Delivered through the Immunization Partnership Fund (IPF), these projects helped eliminate barriers to vaccination and build vaccine confidence in Black communities, disproportionally impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic.
On April 21, 2023, during a formal count, staff members at Stan Daniels Healing Centre, a minimum-security Section 81 healing lodge, discovered that Rowdy Benjamin was not accounted for.
On April 19, 2023, the Government of Canada issued a five-year US$4 billion global bond. Issuing a global bond provides funds to supplement and diversify funding sources for Canada’s liquid foreign reserves.
Today, Defence Minister Anita Anand participated in the eleventh meeting of the Ukraine Defense Contact Group (UDCG) at Ramstein Air Base, Germany, hosted by United States Secretary of Defense Lloyd J. Austin III.