| Employment and Social Development Canada
| news releases
Today, the Minister of Jobs and Families and Minister responsible for the Federal Economic Development Agency for Northern Ontario, the Honourable Patty Hajdu, announced that persons with disabilities will be able to apply for the new Canada Disability Benefit (CDB) as of June 20, 2025.
On June 9, 2025, a lockdown was put in place in the medium security unit at Dorchester Penitentiary to enable staff members to conduct an exceptional search.
The Honourable François-Philippe Champagne, Minister of Finance and National Revenue, convened a virtual meeting with provincial and territorial Finance Ministers to advance shared priorities and strengthen Canada’s economic resilience.
| Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada
| media advisories
The Honourable Heath MacDonald, Minister of Agriculture and Agri-Food, will travel to Saskatchewan later this week on a multi-day visit to meet with key stakeholders from the agriculture industry in Saskatchewan, a province that accounts for more than 40% of Canada’s cultivated farmland.
Today, community members and leaders of Peepeekisis Cree Nation held a ground-breaking ceremony to mark the beginning of the construction phase of the Peepeekisis Funeral Home, developed by Peepeekisis Developments LTD.