| Transport Canada | news releases
The Government of Canada is dedicated to supporting Canada’s transition to net-zero emissions, including accelerating the transition to zero-emission vehicles. This is why Transport Canada introduced the Incentives for Zero-Emission Vehicles (iZEV) Program in 2019.
| Environment and Climate Change Canada | media advisories
Honourable Karina Gould, Leader of the Government in the House of Commons, will make a funding announcement for freshwater projects and recipients based in Hamilton, on behalf of the Honourable Steven Guilbeault, Minister of Environment and Climate Change
| Health Canada | backgrounders
Today, the Governments of Canada and the province of Saskatchewan signed the National Strategy for Drugs for Rare Disease (DRD) agreement to invest over $40 million over three years to improve access to new drugs for rare diseases for Saskatchewan residents and to support enhanced access to existing drugs, early diagnosis, and screening for rare diseases.
| Health Canada | statements
Statement from the Minister of Health on the Canada Health Act
| Health Canada | news releases
Today, the Honourable Mark Holland, Canada’s Minister of Health, and the Honourable Jeremy Cockrill, Saskatchewan’s Minister of Health, announced a bilateral agreement investing over $40 million to improve access to selected new drugs for rare diseases, and to support enhanced access to existing drugs, early diagnosis, and screening.
| Health Canada | media advisories
Yasir Naqvi, Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Health, will announce funding under the Substance Use and Addictions Program.
| Global Affairs Canada | statements
“January 9 marked the 20th anniversary of the Comprehensive Peace Agreement (CPA). Our governments welcomed this historic agreement, including its provision for a referendum in which the people of what is today South Sudan would determine their own future. The CPA was signed amidst great hope that the South Sudanese people would be able to enjoy peace, human rights and a government responsive to their needs.
| Global Affairs Canada | backgrounders
Effective immediately, Canada is listing 14 individuals under the Special Economic Measures (Venezuela) Regulations who are current and former senior officials of the Venezuelan government and who have engaged in activities that have directly or indirectly supported human rights violations in Venezuela. These activities include ongoing violations and the repression of protests following the illegitimate election of Nicolás Maduro to the Venezuelan presidency in July 2024.
| Global Affairs Canada | news releases
Today, the Honourable Mélanie Joly, Minister of Foreign Affairs, announced that Canada is imposing new sanctions against certain Venezuelan officials under the Special Economic Measures (Venezuela) Regulations.
| Global Affairs Canada | statements
“We, the G7 foreign ministers of Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, the United Kingdom and the United States of America and the High Representative of the European Union, denounce the lack of democratic legitimacy of today’s purported inauguration of Nicolas Maduro as president of Venezuela.
