On June 6, Josef Aschbacher, Director General of the European Space Agency (ESA), will be at the John H. Chapman Space Centre to discuss the cooperation between ESA and Canada.
In June, keep streaming Canadian on the NFB’s platforms! We’re celebrating National Indigenous History Month with three new releases showcasing the strength and resilience of Indigenous people.
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Canadian citizenship lies at the heart of what it means to be Canadian, providing a sense of belonging and connection to a diverse, inclusive, and democratic nation. For many newcomers to Canada, citizenship is key to integration and we are committed to making the citizenship process as fair and transparent as possible.
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Canada’s Citizenship Act contains a first-generation limit to citizenship by descent for individuals born abroad, which generally means that a Canadian citizen parent can only pass on citizenship to a child born outside Canada if the parent was either born or naturalized in Canada before the birth of the child. Canadians born or naturalized in Canada before adopting a child abroad can apply for a direct grant of citizenship for the adopted child
The Competition Bureau released its final guidelines on environmental claims following two rounds of public consultations conducted throughout the past year.
For a long time, the Competition Act has included provisions that prohibit businesses from engaging in misleading advertising and deceptive marketing practices when promoting their products or business interests.
The Honourable Maninder Sidhu, Minister of International Trade, met with Laurent Saint-Martin, Minister Delegate for Foreign Trade and French Nationals Abroad, on the margins of the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development Ministerial Council Meeting in Paris, France. This was their first bilateral meeting.
Former Canadian Space Agency (CSA) astronaut Marc Garneau has passed away at the age of 76. Garneau was one of the original six Canadian astronauts selected in December 1983. He launched aboard the Space Shuttle Challenger on October 5, 1984, as a payload specialist, making history as the first Canadian in space. He flew twice more, on Space Shuttle Endeavour in 1996 and 2000.
Today, the Governments of Canada and Manitoba announced that they will both match every dollar donated to the Canadian Red Cross 2025 Manitoba Wildfires Appeal to support wildfire disaster relief and recovery efforts across Manitoba.