| Department of Finance Canada | media advisories
Ottawa, Ontario – The Deputy Prime Minister will provide an update on the government’s economic plan. She will be joined by the Minister of Housing, Infrastructure and Communities, Sean Fraser, the Minister of Innovation, Science and Industry, François-Philippe Champagne, the President of the Treasury Board, Anita Anand, and the Minister of Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship, Marc Miller.
| Fisheries and Oceans Canada | backgrounders
The commercial Redfish fishery in the Gulf of St. Lawrence (Unit 1) has been closed since 1995 to help redfish stocks rebuild to healthy levels. Before 1995, a commercial fishery existed since 1953, harvested by different fleets, gear classes and vessel classes from all regions in Atlantic Canada and Quebec.
| Fisheries and Oceans Canada | news releases
The Government of Canada recognizes that some fisheries in Quebec and Atlantic Canada are facing serious challenges, including climate change and the resulting disruption of aquatic ecosystems. Today, the Minister of Fisheries, Oceans and the Canadian Coast Guard, the Honourable Diane Lebouthillier, announced a transition plan that will help fish harvesters in Canada’s coastal communities, and give them the predictability they need to continue their important work in the years ahead.
| Public Services and Procurement Canada | media advisories
Public Services and Procurement Canada (PSPC) wishes to advise motorists of intermittent alternating lane closures on the J.C. Van Horne Bridge for inspection work.
| Environment and Climate Change Canada | backgrounders
List of 27 Indigenous-Led Natural Climate Solutions projects 2023–2024
| Environment and Climate Change Canada | news releases
Today, the Honourable Steven Guilbeault, Minister of Environment and Climate Change, announced an investment of almost $12.8 million to support 27 Indigenous-Led Natural Climate Solutions initiatives across Canada. These new initiatives will conserve, restore, and enhance land management of wetlands, peatlands, and grasslands to store and capture carbon while benefitting biodiversity, climate resiliency, and human well-being.
| Environment and Climate Change Canada | news releases
As a result of an environmental protection alternative measures agreement with the Attorney General of Canada, CNR (Redwater) Limited and North West Refining Inc., operating as the North West Redwater Partnership, has paid a total of $280,428 to the Government of Canada’s Environmental Damages Fund
| Global Affairs Canada | statements
“Fuelled by fear and hatred, the Holocaust was one of the darkest times in human history. Those feelings found expression in antisemitism, racism and many other forms of intolerance and bigotry, and they led directly to the systematic genocide of 6 million Jewish people, as well as of 500,000 Roma and Sinti people. Many LGBTQI+ persons, persons with disabilities and political dissidents were also persecuted and killed by the Nazis and their collaborators in horrific crimes against humanity.
| Global Affairs Canada | statements
The Honourable Mélanie Joly, Minister of Foreign Affairs today issued the following statement: “Today, the International Court of Justice (ICJ) delivered its response to South Africa’s request for provisional measures in their case against Israel.
| Global Affairs Canada | statements
“Today, I spoke directly with Commissioner-General Philippe Lazzarini of the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East [UNRWA] to express Canada’s alarm about allegations of his agency’s staff being involved in Hamas’s brutal terrorist attacks against Israel on October 7, 2023. Canada is taking these reports extremely seriously and is engaging closely with UNRWA and other donors on this issue.
