With the world’s longest coastline, and three oceans—the Atlantic, Pacific, and Arctic—Canada understands the complexity and urgency of ocean stewardship. Canadian communities—coastal, northern, Indigenous, rural, and urban—are deeply connected to our oceans. The oceans define the culture and identity of our coastal communities and drive economic prosperity for our people.
The Government of Canada is expanding opportunities for Canada’s fish, seafood and aquatic products sector with four new and renewed market access gains in Vietnam, Oman, Brazil, Armenia and Costa Rica.
The Minister of International Trade of Canada, Maninder Sidhu, and the Minister of Trade of the Republic of Türkiye met to advance the strong and growing economic partnership between our two countries.
Today, the Government is taking further targeted action to support stability in Canada's airline sector during this period of elevated fuel prices. The Minister of Finance and National Revenue, the Honourable François-Philippe Champagne, announced the launch of the Liquidity for Airline Sector Resilience facility, a new loan program through the Canada Enterprise Emergency Funding Corporation (CEEFC). The facility will offer eligible Canadian airlines experiencing significant financial pressures resulting from elevated jet fuel costs up to $150 million in repayable liquidity support, on an as-needed basis.
Over the past weekend, the Canadian Coast Guard Academy celebrated its 57th graduating class, welcoming one of its largest cohorts in decades, with 58 new officers joining the Canadian Coast Guard.