The Minister of Veterans Affairs, Associate Minister of National Defence, and MP for Delta, the Honourable Jill McKnight, on behalf of the Minister of Energy and Natural Resources, the Honourable Tim Hodgson, will attend Mangrove Lithium’s ribbon cutting ceremony celebrating the commissioning of North America’s first electrochemical lithium refining facility. She will also highlight recent critical mineral funding announced at the Prospectors and Developers Association of Canada (PDAC) 2026 Convention.
On April 12 and 13, 2026, as a result of the vigilance of staff members, contraband and unauthorized items were seized at Cowansville Institution, a medium-security federal institution.
The Honourable Maninder Sidhu, Minister of International Trade, met today with He Lifeng, Vice-Premier of the People’s Republic of China, on the margins of the China International Consumer Products Expo (CICPE) in Haikou.
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Ottawa, Ontario, April 13, 2026—The Canadian International Trade Tribunal today initiated a preliminary injury inquiry (PI-2026-001) into a complaint by Columbia Forest Products, of Hearst, Ontario, and the Canadian Hardwood Plywood and Veneer Association, of Saint-Sauveur, Québec, that they have suffered injury as a result of the dumping and subsidizing of decorative and other non-structural plywood from China. The Tribunal’s inquiry is conducted pursuant to the Special Import Measures Act (SIMA) as a result of the initiation of dumping and subsidizing investigations by the Canada Border Services Agency (CBSA).
The modified routine put in place at the Pê Sâkâstêw Centre on March 27, 2026, has ended. The institution has resumed its normal operations and visits have resumed.
Minister Miller announces financial support to protect and promote French by supporting the creation and distribution of scientific information in French in all disciplines
Following a joint investigation by the Canada Border Services Agency (CBSA) and the Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP), Kevin Kielty pleaded guilty in the Alberta Court of Justice on March 2, 2026, to two counts of unauthorized employment of foreign nationals.
