The Honourable Ya’ara Saks, Minister of Mental Health and Addictions and Associate Minister of Health, and the Honourable Rechie Valdez, Minister of Small Business, on behalf of the Honourable Sean Fraser, Minister of Housing, Infrastructure and Communities, will make an important announcement about affordable housing in the Durham Region.
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Marc G. Serré, Member of Parliament for Nickel Belt and Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Energy and Natural Resources and Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Official Languages, will make a Government of Canada announcement to help women entrepreneurs start-up or take their businesses to the next level. The announcement will be made on behalf of the Honourable Patty Hajdu, Minister of Indigenous Services and Minister responsible for FedNor.
Media are invited to join the Honourable Patty Hajdu, Minister of Indigenous Services, Minister responsible for FedNor and Member of Parliament for Thunder Bay—Superior North, along with Marcus Powlowski, Member of Parliament for Thunder Bay—Rainy River, on behalf of the Honourable Sean Fraser, Minister of Housing, Infrastructure and Communities, for a housing announcement.
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Members of the media are invited to an infrastructure announcement with Julie Dzerowicz, Member of Parliament for Davenport, and Alejandra Bravo, Toronto City Councillor for Ward 9, Davenport.
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Mark Gerretsen, Member of Parliament for Kingston and the Islands, will announce investments that aim to advance the soybean sector while improving its sustainability.
Darren Fisher, Member of Parliament for Dartmouth-Cole Harbour, on behalf of the Honourable Diane Lebouthillier, Minister of Fisheries, Oceans and the Canadian Coast Guard, will be at Irving Shipbuilding Inc. of Halifax, Nova Scotia, to unveil the names for the Canadian Coast Guard’s two new Arctic and Offshore Patrol Ships and celebrate construction milestones. MP Fisher will be joined by Dirk Lesko, President of Irving Shipbuilding Inc.
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The media are invited to participate in a tour of the Brûlerie de l’Atlantique along with the Honourable Marie-Claude Bibeau, Minister of National Revenue, and the Honourable Diane Lebouthillier, Minister of Fisheries, Oceans and the Canadian Coast Guard.
Suzanne Guèvremont is pleased to announce that Julia Qiwen Zhu is the National Film Board of Canada’s new Chief Financial Officer and Director General, Finance and Administration, effective August 19.
EDMONTON — The Honourable Randy Boissonnault, Minister of Employment, Workforce Development and Official Languages and the Member of Parliament for Edmonton Centre, on behalf of the Honourable Jonathan Wilkinson, Minister of Energy and Natural Resources, will announce energy funding with the City of Edmonton for the Blatchford community. His Worship Mayor Amarjeet Sohi, Mayor of Edmonton, will also be in attendance. Media availability will follow.