Today, the Department of Finance released for public comment draft legislative proposals (and related explanatory notes) that would implement Budget 2024’s Electric Vehicle (EV) Supply Chain investment tax credit.
This week, the Government of Canada successfully priced its third new issuance of Canadian-dollar-denominated green bonds. This $2 billion issuance of a 7-year bond is part of a commitment to regular green bond issuances. This issuance is the fourth offering of Canadian-dollar-denominated green bonds following the prior issuances of a 10-year, $4 billion green bond in February 2024, which was re-opened in October 2024 for an additional $2 billion, and Canada’s first 7.5-year, $5 billion green bond in March 2022.
Yesterday, the Department of Finance hosted a recurring briefing with Canadian industry and labour stakeholders, as well as provincial and territorial representatives on Canada-U.S. economic issues. A representative from the Embassy of Canada to the United States also joined the call.
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The following information is in addition to the news release issued on February 21, 2025, on CED’s financial assistance, the recipient organizations and their respective projects.
Mike Kelloway, Parliamentary Secretary to the Honourable Diane Lebouthillier, Minister of Fisheries, Oceans and the Canadian Coast Guard, and Member of Parliament for Cape Breton-Canso, will make an announcement about funding for small craft harbours.
The Canada-Prince Edward Island Regional Energy and Resource Table (Regional Table), a federal-provincial collaboration launched in 2022, supports PEI's ambitious goal of becoming Canada’s first net-zero province. The Regional Table works through government collaboration with Indigenous Partners and input from regional stakeholders
Today, Bobby Morrissey, Member of Parliament for Egmont, on behalf of Canada’s Minister of Energy and Natural Resources, and the Honourable Gilles Arsenault, PEI’s Minister of Environment, Energy and Climate Action, announced the next step in advancing clean energy and resource priorities for Islanders with the release of The Prince Edward Island Regional Energy and Resource Table Framework for Collaboration on the Path to Net Zero (Collaboration Framework).
Natural Resources Canada has provided $6.2 million in investment to seven Indigenous-led projects in development in British Columbia through the Indigenous Natural Resource Partnerships (INRP) Program.
Today, the Honourable Jonathan Wilkinson, Minister of Energy and Natural Resources, celebrated the launch of the $5-billion Indigenous Loan Guarantee Program while announcing an additional $6.2-million investment in seven Indigenous-led energy and forestry projects in British Columbia through the Indigenous Natural Resource Partnerships (INRP) program.