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Members of the media are invited to an infrastructure announcement with Guillaume Deschênes-Thériault, Member of Parliament for Madawaska—Restigouche, Nicole Somers, Nicole Somers, Chair of the Board of Directors of the Northwest Regional Services Commission (NRSC) and Mayor of the City of Saint-Quentin, and Bruno Volpé, Chief Executive Officer of the Northwest Regional Service Commission.
The Honourable Anita Anand, Minister of Foreign Affairs, today announced the participants for the upcoming G7 Foreign Ministers’ Meeting, which will take place in the Niagara Region, Ontario, from November 11 to 12, 2025.
Between October 27 and 31, 2025, as a result of the vigilance of staff members, contraband and unautorized items were seized at Cowansville Institution, a medium-security federal institution.
Today marks an important milestone in the construction of the Canadian Coast Guard Arctic and Offshore Patrol Ship, the Canadian Coast Guard Ship (CCGS) Sermilik, with the laying of the keel at Irving Shipbuilding Inc. in Halifax, Nova Scotia.
On Monday, the Honourable Maninder Sidhu, Minister of International Trade, welcomed Khalid Al-Falih, Saudi Arabia’s Minister of Investment, and a delegation of government officials and business executives to Ottawa.
The Supreme Court of Canada has dismissed Universal Ostrich Farms’ application for leave to appeal the August 21, 2025 decision of the Federal Court of Appeal. The Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA) will be moving forward to complete depopulation and disposal measures as authorized by the Health of Animals Act and guided by the stamping out policy for highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI).
Today, the Honourable François-Philippe Champagne, Minister of Finance and National Revenue, highlighted core measures from this week’s Budget 2025 to lower the prices Canadians pay by promoting private sector competition.