| Environment and Climate Change Canada | media advisories
Media representatives are advised that the Honourable Julie Dabrusin, Minister of Environment and Climate Change, and the Honourable Mike Moyes, Minister of Environment and Climate Change for Manitoba, alongside Larry Johannson, Mayor of the City of Selkirk, will announce funding to support renewable energy initiatives in the province.
| Environment and Climate Change Canada | news releases
On October 14, 2025, the Court of Québec ordered the company Canacha Inc. to pay a fine of $125,000, after pleading guilty to one count of violating the Canadian Environmental Protection Act, 1999.
| Environment and Climate Change Canada | media advisories
On October 30 and 31, 2025, the Honourable Tim Hodgson, Minister of Energy and Natural Resources, and the Honourable Julie Dabrusin, Minister of Environment and Climate Change, will co-host the G7 Energy and Environment Ministers’ Meeting in Toronto, Ontario
| Environment and Climate Change Canada | backgrounders
Across 18 challenges, the Government of Canada has committed over $26.8 million to support Canadian businesses to innovate and develop Canadian-made solutions to address plastic pollution and waste.
| Environment and Climate Change Canada | backgrounders
In 2025, over $1.8 million in additional funding for Advancing a Circular Plastics Economy for Canada has been provided to 13 projects for organizations to develop solutions to address challenges by theme through various funding streams, including reuse, textiles, and single-use plastics
| Environment and Climate Change Canada | news releases
Today, the Honourable Julie Dabrusin, Minister of Environment and Climate Change, announced more than $3.4 million to support Canadian-made solutions to reduce plastic waste and pollution and build a strong, resilient, and green circular economy that benefits all Canadians.
| Environment and Climate Change Canada | news releases
As we celebrate the International Day of Awareness of Food Loss and Waste, Wade Grant, Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Environment and Climate Change, announced on behalf of the Honourable Julie Dabrusin, Minister of Environment and Climate Change, more than $640,000 to support local government research and capacity-building initiatives to reduce the amount of food and other organic waste sent to landfills. Under the Food Waste Prevention and Diversion: Research and Capacity Building Fund, five Canadian cities are receiving up to $150,000 for their projects.
| Environment and Climate Change Canada | backgrounders
Through the Food Waste Prevention and Diversion: Research and Capacity Building Fund, Environment and Climate Change Canada is contributing more than $640,000 in funding to help support local government research and initiatives to reduce the quantity of food and other organic waste disposed in landfills
| Environment and Climate Change Canada | backgrounders
The Government of Canada is launching a public consultation on Phase 1 of the risk management of the class of PFAS, excluding fluoropolymers.
| Environment and Climate Change Canada | news releases
In a continued effort to protect the health of people in Canada and the environment, the federal government is taking the next step in addressing per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS).
