| Global Affairs Canada | news releases
The Honourable Mélanie Joly, Minister of Foreign Affairs, today announced that Rob Oliphant, Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Foreign Affairs, will travel to Egypt to represent Canada at the Cairo conference on the humanitarian response in Gaza on December 2, 2024. This conference is co-convened by the Government of Egypt and the UN.
| Crown-Indigenous Relations and Northern Affairs Canada | news releases
Today, David Chartrand, President of the Manitoba Métis Federation, Government of the Red River Métis and the Honourable Gary Anandasangaree, Minister of Crown–Indigenous Relations announced that they have signed the Red River Métis Self-Government Recognition and Implementation Treaty. This Self-Government Treaty affirms and builds on previous work with the Manitoba Métis Federation in 2021.
| Employment and Social Development Canada | news releases
The Government of Canada is committed to greater social equity and gender equality. Today at the Sustainable Finance Forum, the Minister of Families, Children and Social Development Jenna Sudds announced the launch of the Pilot Social Equity Lens Investment (SELI) Coding System. This new tool is a taxonomy that will define, assess, and track progress toward the Social Finance Fund's investment targets of advancing social equity and gender equality. The Pilot SELI Coding System will be used to ensure that the Government of Canada is meeting its social equity and gender equality goals when it comes to investing in social finance initiatives. Indigenous reconciliation has been integrated as a foundational principle within the Pilot SELI Coding System.
| Employment and Social Development Canada | news releases
By empowering local organizations to help break down barriers to accessibility, the Government of Canada is helping to ensure that more Canadians with disabilities can access the services and programs they need and fully participate in their communities.
| Public Health Agency of Canada | news releases
The Honourable Mark Holland, Minister of Health, is announcing $545,000 in funding for two initiatives aiming to advance research and raise awareness of breast cancer screening.
| Public Health Agency of Canada | statements
Today, marks World AIDS Day and the beginning of Indigenous AIDS Awareness Week. This year’s theme, “Take the rights path,” highlights the importance of safeguarding human rights as a cornerstone of protecting health.
| Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada | news releases
Indigenous farmers, communities and governments can access new funding to help strengthen food security and sovereignty, and increase Indigenous participation in B.C.’s agriculture and food sectors.
| Department of Finance Canada | news releases
Today in Toronto, the Honourable Chrystia Freeland, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Finance, announced that the Toronto Transit Commission (TTC) will receive nearly $1.2 billion over the next decade through the Baseline stream of the new Canada Public Transit Fund. She was joined by the Honourable Peter Bethlenfalvy, the Minister of Finance of Ontario, the Honourable Prabmeet Sarkaria, the Minister of Transport of Ontario, and Her Worship Olivia Chow, Mayor of Toronto. The Canada Public Transit Fund is the largest public transit investment in Canadian history with $3 billion in annual federal funding provided to communities across the country.
| Department of Justice Canada | news releases
The Honourable Arif Virani, Minister of Justice and Attorney General of Canada, today announced the following appointment under the judicial application process established in 2016.
| Department of Justice Canada | news releases
The Honourable Arif Virani, Minister of Justice and Attorney General of Canada, today announced the following appointments under the judicial application process established in 2016.
