Members of the media are invited to join Anthony Housefather, Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Emergency Management and Community Resilience, accompanied by Dr Andy Hakin, President of St. Francis Xavier University, and Dr Peter Kikkert, Associate Professor at St. Francis Xavier University, for a funding announcement about the Government of Canada’s efforts to improve Canada’s search and rescue system. Following the announcement, media will be able to ask questions.
| Employment and Social Development Canada
| media advisories
The Honourable Buckley Belanger, Secretary of State (Rural Development), on behalf of the Honourable Anna Gainey, Secretary of State (Children and Youth), will be joined in Regina by the Honourable Everett Hindley, Saskatchewan’s Minister of Education, to announce the creation of new child care centres at Saskatchewan Polytechnic campuses and Northlands College.
The Department of National Defence (DND) will host public engagement sessions to answer questions and provide details about the upcoming construction of a preliminary Arctic Over-The-Horizon (A-OTHR) Receive Site at 2225 Sideroad 15 and 16, Clearview Township.
The Department of National Defence (DND) will host public engagement sessions to answer questions and provide details about the upcoming construction of the Arctic Over-The-Horizon (A-OTHR) Transmit Site at 0 Thistle Trail, Kawartha Lakes.
| Federal Economic Development Agency for Southern Ontario
| news releases
Eligible southern Ontario businesses can now apply for the Regional Tariff Response Initiative support to respond, adapt and compete amid shifting market conditions
| Federal Economic Development Agency for Northern Ontario - FedNor
| news releases
Viviane Lapointe, Member of Parliament for Sudbury, today announced that FedNor is investing $1,050,000 in support of two important NORCAT initiatives. The announcement was made on behalf of the Honourable Patty Hajdu, Minister of Jobs and Families and Minister responsible for FedNor.
The Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA) has expanded the regulated area for hemlock woolly adelgid (HWA) in Ontario. The new regulated area now includes the Regional Municipality of Niagara, Haldimand County, the City of Hamilton and the Township of Alnwick/Haldimand. This expansion follows detections of HWA outside of the previously regulated area and is part of the CFIA’s ongoing efforts to slow the spread of this destructive insect.
| Canada Economic Development for Quebec Regions
| news releases
North-America’s only operational graphite mine receives $6,225,000 in financial assistance from Natural Resources Canada (NRCan) through Canada Economic Development for Quebec Regions (CED).
| Public Services and Procurement Canada
| news releases
Through Canada’s defence policy, Our North, Strong and Free, the Government of Canada is providing members of the Royal Canadian Navy with the equipment they need to keep Canadians safe and maintain current and future operational readiness. Canada has the longest coastline in the world, and it is essential that the Royal Canadian Navy be equipped with superior underwater surveillance capability to protect our country’s security and Arctic sovereignty.
The Department of Natural Resources (NRCan) of Canada and the Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Energy (BMWE) of Germany recognize the strategic importance of critical minerals to the economic and national security of our countries, including defense applications, the energy transition, clean technology manufacturing, and advanced manufacturing.
