Today, Member of Parliament Brendan Hanley, on behalf of the Honourable Kamal Khera, Canada’s Minister of Health, and the Honourable Tracy-Anne McPhee, Yukon’s Minister of Health and Social Services, announced the signing of a pharmacare agreement to invest up to $9.5 million over four years to provide universal access to contraceptive and diabetes medications for residents of Yukon. The funding from this agreement will also improve access to diabetes devices and supplies.
| Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada
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Francophone immigration plays a crucial role in growing the Canadian economy, in promoting the vitality of Francophone minority communities and in meeting labour needs across the country.
Following more than a year of devastating conflict, the UN estimates that the entire population of Gaza, more than 2 million people, is in need of urgent emergency assistance. At the same time, the West Bank is facing escalating violence, significant displacement, and movement restrictions that are hampering the delivery of vital humanitarian assistance and worsening the overall humanitarian crisis.
On March 8, 2025, Canada Border Services Agency (CBSA) officers discovered and seized approximately 108 kg of cocaine following a secondary examination of a commercial transport vehicle at the Coutts port of entry in southern Alberta.
| Canadian International Trade Tribunal
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The Canadian International Trade Tribunal today terminated the expiry review of its order made on October 31, 2019, in expiry review RR-2018-007, concerning the dumping of hot-rolled carbon steel plate and high-strength low-alloy steel plate from the Republic of Bulgaria, the Czech Republic and Romania.
| Canadian International Trade Tribunal
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The Canadian International Trade Tribunal today initiated a preliminary injury inquiry into a complaint by Compagnie Alpek Polyester Canada, of Montréal-Est, Quebec, that it has suffered injury as a result of the dumping and subsidizing of polyethylene terephthalate from the People’s Republic of China and the Islamic Republic of Pakistan. The Tribunal’s inquiry is conducted pursuant to the Special Import Measures Act (SIMA) as a result of the initiation of a dumping and subsidizing investigation by the Canada Border Services Agency (CBSA).
