Today, the Honourable Jean-Yves Duclos, Minister of Health and Mike Kelloway, Member of Parliament for Cape Breton – Canso, joined President and Vice-Chancellor of Cape Breton University, the Honourable David C. Dingwall to meet with nursing students at Cape Breton University (CBU) and highlight Budget 2023’s investments to strengthen public health care and support health workers across the country.
The Honourable Jean-Yves Duclos, Minister of Health, will host an event in Halifax, Nova Scotia, to highlight federal budget investments in a strong middle class, an affordable economy and a healthy future.
| Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada
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The Honourable Sean Fraser, Minister of Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship, will highlight investments to provide new, targeted inflation relief to the Canadians hardest hit by rising food prices.
| Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission
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I have spoken at this event before. I see many familiar faces in the crowd. Some of us crossed paths during my previous roles as a legal and regulatory advisor to independent and competitive carriers, and through my board work with the CCTS and with ARIN. Though I’m wearing a different hat these days, I am still deeply immersed in issues such as lowering barriers to entry, reducing regulatory burden, and closing broadband gaps that I know are of interest to your members.
Today Patty Hajdu, Minister of Indigenous Services and MP for Thunder Bay—Superior North, alongside Majid Jowhari, MP for Richmond Hill, visited Edgecom Energy and Circuit Energy in Richmond Hill to highlight Budget 2023 investments and measures to help protect our environment and grow our economy.
Please be advised that Patty Hajdu, Minister of Indigenous Services, Marc Miller, Minister of Crown–Indigenous Relations, Manitoba Regional Chief Cindy Woodhouse of the Assembly of First Nations, and counsel for the Moushoom and Trout class actions, will hold a media availability regarding the revised final settlement agreement to compensate First Nations children and families.
A revised final settlement agreement now totalling more than $23 billion was reached by the Assembly of First Nations (AFN), Moushoom and Trout class actions plaintiffs, the First Nations Child and Family Caring Society, and Canada to compensate those harmed by discriminatory underfunding of the First Nations Child and Family Services program and those impacted by the federal government's narrow definition of Jordan's Principle.
On April 5, Okanagan Indian Band held a Water Celebration to mark the completion of their water systems improvement project. Consequently, the community has been able to lift the long-term water quality advisory and ensure that it has enough water storage capacity to provide adequate fire protection.
| Pacific Economic Development Canada
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Minister Sajjan will visit Left Coast Naturals, a local organic and natural food manufacturer and distributor, to highlight federal budget investments in a Strong Middle Class, an Affordable Economy, and a Healthy Future.