| Health Canada | backgrounders
Today, the Governments of Canada and Northwest Territories signed the National Strategy for Drugs for Rare Disease (DRD) agreement to invest over $7.8 million over three years to improve access to new drugs for rare diseases for residents and to support enhanced access to existing drugs, early diagnosis, and screening for rare diseases.
| Health Canada | backgrounders
Today, the Governments of Canada and Nunavut signed the National Strategy for Drugs for Rare Disease (DRD) agreement to invest over $7.3 million over three years to improve access to new drugs for rare diseases for residents and to support enhanced access to existing drugs, early diagnosis, and screening for rare diseases.
| Health Canada | news releases
Today, the Honourable Mark Holland, Canada’s Minister of Health, and the Honourable John Main, Nunavut’s Minister of Health, announced a bilateral agreement investing over $7.3 million over three years to improve access to selected new drugs for rare diseases, and to support enhanced access to existing drugs, early diagnosis, and screening.
| Health Canada | news releases
Today, the Honourable Mark Holland, Canada’s Minister of Health, and the Honourable Lesa Semmler, Northwest Territories’ Minister of Health and Social Services, announced a bilateral agreement investing over $7.8 million to improve access to selected new drugs for rare diseases, and to support enhanced access to existing drugs, early diagnosis, and screening.
| Health Canada | news releases
Today, the Honourable Mark Holland, Canada’s Minister of Health and the Honourable Tracy-Anne McPhee, Yukon’s Minister of Health and Social Services, announced a bilateral agreement investing over $8.5 million over three years to improve access to selected new drugs for rare disease and to support enhanced access to existing drugs, early diagnosis and screening.
| Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada | statements
“Canadian citizenship is highly valued around the world. As Minister of Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship, I’m committed to making the citizenship process as fair and transparent as possible"
| Global Affairs Canada | backgrounders
Canada has announced a total of $7.8 million in funding to the Commonwealth of Learning to support the organization’s education initiatives across the Commonwealth.
| Global Affairs Canada | news releases
Robert Oliphant, Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Foreign Affairs, has concluded a productive visit to London, United Kingdom, where he attended Commonwealth Week events between March 11 and 13, 2025.
| Federal Economic Development Agency for Northern Ontario - FedNor | news releases
Viviane Lapointe, Member of Parliament for Sudbury and Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Official Languages and Associate Minister of Public Safety, today announced a FedNor investment of $386,174 to support Collège Boréal and the important work they are doing to strengthen the agri-food industry in Northern Ontario. The announcement was made on behalf of the Honourable Patty Hajdu, Minister of Indigenous Services and Minister responsible for FedNor.
| Housing, Infrastructure and Communities Canada | backgrounders
The federal government is investing more than $156.8 million through the Green Infrastructure Stream of the Investing in Canada Infrastructure Program to support eight BC Hydro projects across British Columbia.
