| Public Health Agency of Canada | backgrounders
Today, the Honourable Marjorie Michel, Minister of Health, announced over $2.9 million in funding through the Youth Substance Use Prevention Program (YSUPP). The program helps communities across Canada create tailored approaches to substance use prevention based on their specific needs.
| Housing, Infrastructure and Communities Canada | backgrounders
The Government of Canada is providing more than $18.75 million through the Canada Community-Building Fund (CCBF) for 57 communities across Prince Edward Island in 2025-2026. These funds provide communities with stable and flexible funding for their infrastructure priorities across a wide range of categories. The funding enables local governments to plan for their current and future needs, improve housing supply, and create connected communities.
| Global Affairs Canada | backgrounders
Canada is imposing sanctions against individuals and entities in relation to Russia’s malign interference activities in Moldova ahead of the country’s next parliamentary elections, which will be held on September 28, 2025.
| Prairies Economic Development Canada | backgrounders
Federal investments in nine innovative projects will help Manitoba companies expand, improve productivity, and remain competitive on the global stage.
| Global Affairs Canada | backgrounders
Christopher Cooter (BA Hons [Political Science], University of Toronto, 1981; MA [Political Science], Columbia University, 1982; BCL, LLB [Common/Civil Law], McGill University, 1986) was called to the British Columbia bar in 1986 and practised law at Campney and Murphy before joining the federal government in 1989 as acting manager of lands for the British Columbia region of the Department of Indian Affairs and Northern Development.
| Natural Resources Canada | backgrounders
On August 27, 2025, the Honourable Gregor Robertson, Minister of Housing and Infrastructure and Minister responsible for Pacific Economic Development Canada, on behalf of the Honourable Tim Hodgson, Minister of Energy and Natural Resources, announced nearly $22.7 million for eight projects aimed at improving electric vehicle (EV) charging availability in British Columbia.
| Housing, Infrastructure and Communities Canada | backgrounders
The Government of Canada is providing more than $326 million through the Canada Community-Building Fund for 188 local governments across British Columbia in 2025-2026. These funds provide communities with stable and flexible funding for their infrastructure priorities across a wide range of categories. The funding enables recipients to plan for their current and future needs, improve housing supply, and create connected communities.
| Canada Economic Development for Quebec Regions | backgrounders
The following information is in addition to the news release issued on August 25, 2025, on CED’s financial assistance, the recipient businesses and their respective projects.
| Public Health Agency of Canada | backgrounders
Through the Healthy Canadians and Communities Fund (HCCF), the Public Health Agency of Canada (PHAC) supports projects that promote healthy behaviours such as healthy eating, physical activity and tobacco cessation to prevent chronic disease, with a focus on people who face health inequalities and are at greater risk of developing chronic disease.
| Global Affairs Canada | backgrounders
Anna-Karine Asselin (LLL., University of Ottawa, 1990; Barreau du Québec [Quebec Bar], 1991) joined External Affairs and International Trade Canada in 1994.
