The Minister of Transport, the Honourable Omar Alghabra, the Minister of Health, the Honourable Jean-Yves Duclos, the Minister of Public Safety, the Honourable Marco Mendicino, and the Minister of Tourism and Associate Minister of Finance, the Honourable Randy Boissonnault, issued this update today on the continued action and progress being made by the Government of Canada and industry partners to reduce traveller wait times and delays across Canadian airports.
Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder (FASD) Awareness Month is observed every September to raise awareness about the risks of drinking alcohol during pregnancy, highlight prevention and support efforts, and encourage individuals to learn more about FASD and its impacts.
As a way to promote awareness, the month of September marks several Cancer Awareness months and days, including for blood cancers, prostate and ovarian cancers, as well as childhood cancers.
“Canada strongly condemns the malicious cyber activity that targeted Albania in July 2022. Canada joins its allies Albania, the United Kingdom and the United States in attributing this activity to Iran.’’
Dementia, including Alzheimer’s disease, is having a substantial and growing impact in Canada and around the world. The World Health Organization estimates the number of people living with this condition worldwide will increase from 55 million to 78 million by the end of this decade. Today, on World Alzheimer’s Day, it is important that we come together to raise awareness about Alzheimer’s disease and other forms of dementia.
“In his 1957 Nobel Peace Prize acceptance speech, Lester B. Pearson said, ‘Of all our dreams today there is none more important—or so hard to realize—than that of peace in the world. May we never lose our faith in it or our resolve to do everything that can be done to convert it one day into reality.”
“Canada strongly condemns the sham referendums planned in occupied regions of Ukraine. These phony exercises with predetermined results will have zero legitimacy, and Canada will not recognize them. Borders will not change. Ukraine’s territory will remain Ukraine’s.”