Media are invited to join the Honourable Lena Metlege Diab, Minister of Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship, on behalf of the Honourable David J. McGuinty, Minister of National Defence, in Halifax, Nova Scotia, for the acceptance of Canada’s third Naval Large Tug.
| Housing, Infrastructure and Communities Canada
| media advisories
Members of the media are invited to an infrastructure announcement with the Honourable Gilles LePage, Minister of Environment and Climate Change and Minister responsible for the Regional Development Corporation, Benoit Bourque, Member of Legislative Assembly for Beausoleil-Grand-Bouctouche-Kent, and his Worship Aldéo Saulnier, Mayor of Grand-Bouctouche.
| Canadian Institutes of Health Research
| news releases
Cancer touches nearly every family in Canada. It is the leading cause of death in the country, and it is estimated to cost the health care system, patients, and families nearly $37.7 billion every year—from hospital care and medications to lost wages, reduced productivity, and out-of-pocket expenses. Yet up to 40% of cancer cases could be prevented through changes in lifestyle and environmental factors—a powerful reminder that prevention strategies, alongside early detection and research, can save lives and reduce the burden of cancer.
| Canadian Institutes of Health Research
| backgrounders
The Canadian Institutes of Health Research and its partners, the Terry Fox Research Institute, the Canadian Cancer Society, the Japan Agency for Medical Research and Development, the Cancer Research Society and BioCanRx, are investing more than $41 million to support 19 research teams that will work over the next five years to develop and share new approaches that advance cancer prevention, reduce cancer risk, and improve early detection for some of the most commonly diagnosed cancers in Canada and the world.
| Environment and Climate Change Canada
| news releases
During the fall of 2025, Canada intercepted more than one million kilograms of hazardous waste before it was exported, as part of Operation Demeter XI. Operation Demeter is an annual global enforcement operation led by the World Customs Organization which brings together international partners to help combat the illegal trade of transboundary waste that is subject to the Basel Convention. Canada’s participation in this operation demonstrates our continued support for global action to increase environmentally sound waste management and address illegal waste exports.
Today, the Department of Finance Canada released its annual estimates of the fiscal cost of federal tax measures in the 2026 Report on Federal Tax Expenditures—Concepts, Estimates and Evaluations.
Members of the media are invited to join Anthony Housefather, Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Emergency Management and Community Resilience along with the Honourable Élisabeth Brière, Member of Parliament for Sherbrooke and Deputy Government Whip, for a funding announcement about the Government of Canada's efforts to improve Canada's search and rescue system.
Parliamentary Secretary Wade Grant, on behalf of the Honourable Julie Dabrusin, Minister of Environment, Climate Change and Nature and Minister responsible for the Canada Water Agency, will make an announcement regarding the protection of fresh water in the Wolastoq Saint John River.