| Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada
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To mark Mental Health Week, the Honourable Lawrence MacAulay, Minister of Agriculture and Agri-Food, announced an investment of up to $1.08 million for the Canadian Centre for Agricultural Wellbeing (CCAW) through the AgriCompetitiveness Program, an initiative under the Sustainable Canadian Agricultural Partnership.
The Honourable Harjit S. Sajjan, Canada’s Minister of Emergency Preparedness and Minister responsible for the Pacific Economic Development Agency of Canada (PacifiCan), on behalf of the Honourable Jonathan Wilkinson, Minister of Energy and Natural Resources, and the Honourable Richard Mostyn, Yukon’s Minister of Community Services, on behalf of the Honourable Nils Clarke, Yukon’s Minister of Environment, announced a joint investment of $3.5 million over the next four years to support the advancement of flood hazard mapping in the Yukon. Funding from the Government of Canada comes from the Flood Hazard Identification Mapping Program (FHIMP).
On May 8, 2024, a test of the National Public Alerting System (NPAS) will be conducted in most provinces and territories over television, radio, and wireless devices.
Today, the Honourable Minister Harjit S. Sajjan, President of the King’s Privy Council for Canada, Minister of Emergency Preparedness and Minister responsible for the Pacific Economic Development Agency of Canada, announced three advance payments totaling $8,705,158 to Yukon through the Disaster Financial Assistance Arrangements (DFAA) program to assist with response and recovery costs associated with the 2023, 2022 and 2021 spring floods.
Today, the Honourable Dominic LeBlanc, Minister of Public Safety, Democratic Institutions and Intergovernmental Affairs, and the Honourable Arif Virani, Minister of Justice and Attorney General of Canada, announced the introduction Bill C-70, An Act respecting countering foreign interference
| Environment and Climate Change Canada
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Environment and Climate Change Canada continues to support sustainable forest practices with the third federal offset protocol for use under Canada’s Greenhouse Gas Offset Credit System.