Today, the Honourable Marjorie Michel, Minister of Health, tabled the 2024-2025 Canada Health Act Annual Report in Parliament. Developed by the Government of Canada in collaboration with provincial and territorial (PT) governments, the Report provides information on the federal administration of the Canada Health Act (CHA) and the extent to which PT health care insurance plans have fulfilled its requirements.
| Employment and Social Development Canada
| media advisories
The Honourable Patty Hajdu, Minister of Jobs and Families and Minister responsible for the Federal Economic Development Agency for Northern Ontario, will be in Windsor to launch new supports for workers.
Our first priority is ensuring the economic strength of Canada, but not in the abstract: we are focused on term sheets signed, investments made and KPIs hit. Projects either get built or they don’t; capital either flows here or it goes elsewhere; and families either see new opportunities before them or they don’t.
That’s why the centrepiece of my economic strategy as Minister of Energy and Natural Resources is the Major Projects Office, headquartered right here in Calgary.
| Women and Gender Equality Canada
| news releases
Today, the Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Women and Gender Equality and Secretary of State (Small Business and Tourism), Gabrielle Ménard, along with the Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Indigenous Services, Ginette Lavack, announced $797,557 for Eviance (Canadian Centre on Disability Studies Incorporated) for their project, Spotlight on Women Entrepreneurs with Disabilities in Canada.
In November and December 2025, CBSA border services officers at the Coutts port of entry in southern Alberta seized a combined 1,010 kg of cocaine, methamphetamine, suspected heroin and dode (opium poppies) from three commercial trucks.
While in Brussels, Minister Champagne will address the Eurogroup at a session on navigating global imbalances in the context of geo-economic risks. This marks a milestone as it is the first time a Canadian Finance Minister has been invited to participate in a meeting of the Eurogroup. The Eurogroup is an informal body that ensures close coordination of economic policies among the euro area member states and promotes conditions for stronger economic growth. It provides a key platform for Canada to align on growth strategies with its closest allies.
Today, on behalf of Minister Gary Anandasangaree, Secretary of State (Canada Revenue Agency and Financial Institutions) and Member of Parliament for Saint John—Kennebecasis, Wayne Long, announced $628,068 in federal funding to the John Howard Society of New Brunswick through Public Safety Canada's Youth Gang Prevention Fund (YGPF).
Library and Archives Canada (LAC) is proud to announce the 2025-2026 recipients of the Price McIntosh Bursary. This year, $40,000 was awarded to support five new students and five returning students pursuing studies in fields related to Canadian documentary heritage.
| Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada
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The governments of Canada and Manitoba are launching a new pilot project to use satellite-based technology in the Forage Insurance program, federal Agriculture and Agri-Food Minister Heath MacDonald and Manitoba Agriculture Minister Ron Kostyshyn announced today.
