| Prairies Economic Development Canada
| media advisories
Ginette Lavack, Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Indigenous Services and Member of Parliament for St. Boniface – St. Vital, Manitoba, on behalf of the Honourable Eleanor Olszewski, Minister of Emergency Management and Community Resilience and Minister responsible for Prairies Economic Development Canada, will announce funding to support Brandon businesses.
| Housing, Infrastructure and Communities Canada
| media advisories
Members of the media are invited to a housing announcement with the Honourable Gregor Robertson, Minister of Housing and Infrastructure and Minister responsible for Pacific Economic Development Canada, Caroline Desrochers, Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Housing and Infrastructure, the Honourable Jean-Yves Duclos, Member of Parliament for Québec-Centre, and Caroline Proulx, Minister of responsible Housing and Minister responsible for the Status of Women for Quebec.
Today, the Honourable Eleanor Olszewski, Minister of Emergency Management and Community Resilience and Minister responsible for Prairies Economic Development Canada, on behalf of the Honourable Marjorie Michel, Minister of Health, announced a funding agreement between the Government of Canada and the Province of Ontario for $15 million to support the expansion of Runnymede Healthcare Centre and the establishment of Ontario’s first Post-Traumatic Stress Injury (PTSI) Centre of Excellence. PTSI can include a range of mental health conditions experienced after exposure to trauma, including post-traumatic stress disorder, addiction, depression, and anxiety.
Minister LeBlanc, Secretary of State Long and Parliamentary Secretary Myles highlight investments at CFB Gagetown to support the Canadian Armed Forces and the local economy
| Prairies Economic Development Canada
| media advisories
The Honourable Eleanor Olszewski, Minister of Emergency Management and Community Resilience and Minister responsible for Prairies Economic Development Canada, to visit Canadian Forces Base (CFB) Edmonton following achievement of the NATO 2% defence spending target.
| Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada
| news releases
Today, the Honourable Heath MacDonald, Minister of Agriculture and Agri-Food, announced that the Government of Canada will set the interest-free limit of the Advance Payments Program at $250,000 for the 2026 program year, for all non-canola advances. This is the portion of advances on which the Government of Canada pays the interest on behalf of producers.
The National Film Board of Canada will be at the Rendez-vous Québec Cinéma (RVQC) 2026 with six films—both documentaries and animation—that have made their mark on the national and international festival circuit over the past year.
The Honourable François-Philippe Champagne, Minister of Finance and National Revenue, announced a two-year extension of alcohol excise duty relief, to protect brewers, distillers, and winemakers during a period of global uncertainty.
On April 1, 2026, the federal government announced an additional two-year extension of the two per cent cap on the annual alcohol excise duty inflation adjustment, and of the 50 per cent reduction on excise duty rates for the first 15,000 hectolitres of beer brewed in Canada, effective April 1, 2026.