| Canada Water Agency | news releases
Protecting freshwater means securing a cleaner, sustainable, future for all. Lake Simcoe is a vital body of water key to life in Southern Ontario – supporting recreation, biodiversity, livelihood, Indigenous culture, agriculture, tourism, and economic prosperity.
| Housing, Infrastructure and Communities Canada | media advisories
Members of the media are invited to an infrastructure announcement with Wayne Long, Member of Parliament for Saint John-Rothesay, and Her Worship Donna Reardon, Mayor of the City of Saint John.
| Housing, Infrastructure and Communities Canada | news releases
Preparing for a net-zero carbon future, the Government of Canada and First Canada ULC are investing in electric school buses. A combined contribution of close to $1 million, through the Zero Emission Transit Fund (ZETF), will help to increase First Canada’s readiness for fleet electrification.
| Housing, Infrastructure and Communities Canada | news releases
The borough of Saint-Laurent is receiving an investment of over $7.3 million from the federal government to enhance its resilience against flood risks during heavy rainfall. Funded through the Disaster Mitigation and Adaptation Fund (DMAF), this financial assistance will be used to build water retention structures in Bois-Franc Park and the Midtown project, as well as to continue the development of the Saint-Laurent biodiversity corridor.
| Housing, Infrastructure and Communities Canada | news releases
Federal funding will support the Saint John Transit Commission and the Saint John Urban Tree project with a combined investment of over $7 million.
| Housing, Infrastructure and Communities Canada | news releases
The governments of Canada and Prince Edward Island signed an agreement to support people living without homes, including in encampments, as part of the Unsheltered Homelessness and Encampments Initiative (UHEI).
| Housing, Infrastructure and Communities Canada | media advisories
Members of the media are invited to an infrastructure announcement with the Honourable Dominic LeBlanc, Minister of Finance and Intergovernmental Affairs, the Honourable Ginette Petitpas Taylor, President of the Treasury Board and Member of Parliament for Moncton–Riverview–Dieppe, Ernest Thibodeau, Deputy Mayor of the City of Dieppe, and Her Worship Dawn Arnold, Mayor of the City of Moncton.
| Housing, Infrastructure and Communities Canada | news releases
A 450-metre addition to an active transportation trail and coastline protection will be built along the Mahone Bay shoreline after an investment of over $1.4 million from the federal government and the Town of Mahone Bay.
| Employment and Social Development Canada | media advisories
The Minister of Employment, Workforce Development and Labour, Steven MacKinnon, will be in Hawkesbury to highlight changes to the Canada Student Loan forgiveness that benefit doctors and nurses working in rural and remote communities.
| Employment and Social Development Canada | news releases
Official language minority communities (OLMCs) have an invaluable impact on our country’s workforce and economy. That is why the Government of Canada is continuing its leadership on official languages by introducing the necessary measures to protect the vitality of Quebec’s English-speaking minority communities and of French-speaking minority communities in the rest of the country, and to respond to the issues those communities face.
