Paul Calandra, Parliamentary Secretary to the Prime Minister and for Intergovernmental Affairs and Member of Parliament for Oak Ridges-Markham, and Corneliu Chisu, Member of Parliament for Pickering-Scarborough East, on behalf of the Honourable Leona Aglukkaq, Minister of the Environment and Minister responsible for Parks Canada, today announced a $15-million investment in conservation for Rouge National Urban Park. The announcement was made in Markham, Ontario, at the official opening of the new welcome area for Canada's first national urban park.
The Honourable Erin O'Toole, Minister of Veterans Affairs, today provided an update on the progress made by the Department's Veteran-centric Communications Task Force to improve how Veterans Affairs Canada (VAC) communicates with Veterans and their families.
The digital economy is changing the realities of our everyday lives. In today's labour market, young adults who have not had the occasion to develop digital experience and skills can face barriers when looking for employment. By providing young Canadians with specialized training, the Government of Canada is helping them gain knowledge and important hands-on work experience so that they can successfully build their career path to high-skill employment opportunities.
Created in 1911, Parks Canada is the world's first national parks service dedicated to conservation.
Parks Canada will apply its rigorous, award-winning and innovative scientific approach to the management of Rouge National Urban Park. Parks Canada will draw on more than 100 years of experience to protect the Rouge's natural ecosystems and cultural and agricultural landscapes, maintain native wildlife and ensure the health of those ecosystems.
Canadians could soon see new treatments and cures for serious diseases and injuries such as blindness, cancer, diabetes, heart and liver disease thanks to a legacy investment by the Government of Canada into a new, world-leading medical research program at the University of Toronto. This investment will save lives while creating high-value Canadian jobs and helping to grow the medical industry in Canada.
Robert Goguen, member of Parliament for Moncton-Riverview-Dieppe, on behalf of the Honourable Leona Aglukkaq, Minister of the Environment and Minister responsible for Parks Canada, today unveiled a Historic Sites and Monuments Board of Canada plaque commemorating the designation of the Intercolonial Railway as a National Historic Event of Canada.
The Honourable Rob Nicholson, P.C., Q.C., M.P. for Niagara Falls, Minister of Foreign Affairs, today issued the following statement: "Canada strongly condemns yesterday's attack on a police station in Gurdaspur, a district in the northern Indian state of Punjab, which killed at least six people and injured several others.
The Intercolonial Railway, which linked the Maritimes and central Canada, was the first major transportation project undertaken by the new Dominion of Canada. Its main line, which linked Halifax to Québec City, opened for traffic in 1876. Eventually, the railway provided a continuous connection, with branches, from Montréal, through eastern Quebec and New Brunswick, to North Sydney, Nova Scotia, and later extended to Prince Edward Island.
