Senior officials from National Defence, the Royal Canadian Navy, Public Services and Procurement Canada as well as Innovation, Science and Economic Development, will hold a virtual technical briefing on the River-class Destroyer Initiative.
| Canada Economic Development for Quebec Regions
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The following information is in addition to the news release issued on March 6, 2025, on CED’s financial assistance and the recipient businesses and organizations and their respective projects. CED’s investments detailed below are a key element of the transformation of Montréal’s East End designed to enable this area of the city to assume its place in the province’s economy.
| Canada Economic Development for Quebec Regions
| news releases
The Government of Canada is providing more than $9.6 million for projects that contribute to the economic transformation of Montréal’s East End, for a total of over $13.2 million in authorized investments under the Initiative to Support Economic Development in Montréal’s East End.
| Federal Economic Development Agency for Southern Ontario
| media advisories
The Honourable Filomena Tassi, Member of Parliament for Hamilton West–Ancaster–Dundas, on behalf of the Honourable Ruby Sahota, Minister of Democratic Institutions and Minister responsible for the Federal Economic Development Agency for Southern Ontario, will make an important announcement in support of festivals and events in Hamilton.
Fisheries and Oceans Canada and the Province of Nova Scotia are pleased to announce a total contribution of $36,838,064 for 142 projects through the Atlantic Fisheries Fund.
Fisheries are vital to many coastal communities and a driving force of the economy in Atlantic Canada. The seafood sector is a rapidly shifting environment—with new innovative technologies being adopted and more efficient ways of harvesting being used. To support these improvements, today the Government of Canada and the Province of Nova Scotia announced funding through the Atlantic Fisheries Fund (AFF) for 142 projects in Nova Scotia’s fishing and seafood sector.
Today, the Minister of Fisheries, Oceans and the Canadian Coast Guard, the Honourable Diane Lebouthillier, and the Minister of Environment and Climate Change, the Honourable Steven Guilbeault, proposed additional actions to address threats to Southern Resident killer whales that build on existing measures.
Fisheries are vital to many coastal communities and a driving force of the economy in Atlantic Canada. The seafood sector is a rapidly changing environment, with new and innovative technologies being adopted to improve efficiency, seafood quality, and sustainability.
Producers who were not paid for grain delivered to Purely Canada Foods Corp. have been fully compensated for eligible claims submitted to the Canadian Grain Commission’s Safeguards for Grain Farmers Program.