| Environment and Climate Change Canada
| backgrounders
Environment and Climate Change Canada is contributing an additional $2 million funding for advancing a circular economy for plastics in Canada toward 12 projects for organizations to develop solutions to address challenges by theme, through various funding streams, including textiles, plastic beverage containers, reuse, life cycle inventory, restaurant, and others. These efforts will identify new opportunities, facilitate collaboration and information sharing, and encourage the adoption of circular solutions.
| Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada
| media advisories
The Honourable Marc Miller, Minister of Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship, will highlight a housing plan as part of Budget 2024’s commitments. Minister Miller will be joined by the Honourable Soraya Martinez Ferrada, Minister of Tourism and Minister responsible for the Economic Development Agency of Canada for the Regions of Quebec.
Ministers Virani and Sudds will host an event in North York to highlight the federal budget’s investments to restore fairness for every generation by building homes on public lands.
| Employment and Social Development Canada
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Today, the Minister of Families, Children and Social Development, Jenna Sudds, was in Thunder Bay, Ontario, to highlight Budget 2024’s investments that contribute towards a fair future for Indigenous Peoples.
| Public Services and Procurement Canada
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Through Budget 2024: A Fair Chance for Every Generation, the Government of Canada is investing to build a Canada that works better for everyone, where young people can get ahead, get a fair reward for their hard work and be able to buy their own homes, and where everyone has a fair chance at a good life in the middle class.
Today, the Minister of Indigenous Services Canada, the Honourable Patty Hajdu, was present at Our Gathering kexwkexwntsút chet, tə sq̓əq̓ip ct in Vancouver, B.C., with First Nations leaders to highlight federal commitments under Budget 2024. This year marks the 11th annual Our Gathering meeting, a forum unique to British Columbia, where B.C. First Nations and Canada come together to discuss shared priorities in an open and honest way.
Today, the Indigenous Coastal Waters Stewardship Society and the Honourable Diane Lebouthillier, Minister of Fisheries, Oceans and the Canadian Coast Guard, announced $50 million in funding to support First Nations stewardship in the Salish Sea and waters along the west coast of Vancouver Island.
The Honourable Ahmed Hussen, Minister of International Development will make an announcement in Sault Ste. Marie to highlight the federal budget’s investments on Canada’s housing plan. Minister Hussen will be joined by Terry Sheehan, Member of Parliament for Sault Ste. Marie.
| Innovation, Science and Economic Development Canada
| media advisories
Maninder Sidhu, Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Export Promotion, International Trade and Economic Development, will deliver remarks at the announcement of Boeing’s investment in the expansion of the Saskatchewan Indian Institute of Technologies’ Aircraft Maintenance Engineering program.
Today, too many young Canadians feel as though the deck is stacked against them. They can get a good job, they can work hard, but far too often, the reward of a middle class life, a life that is secure, comfortable, prosperous, remains out of reach.
