Canada’s Year of Sport continues with an important announcement to help strengthen Canada’s sport system and reinforce our position as the best sport-hosting nation in the world
| Canadian International Trade Tribunal
| news releases
The Canadian International Trade Tribunal terminated the expiry review of its order made on March 25, 2021, in expiry review RR-2020-001, concerning the dumping and subsidizing of certain photovoltaic modules and laminates from China. Accordingly, the Tribunal rescinded its order concerning the aforementioned goods. The Canada Border Services Agency will therefore not continue to impose anti-dumping and countervailing duties on these goods.
Joël Dupuis (MA [Public Administration], University of Ottawa; Hons BCom [Management], University of Ottawa) has nearly two decades of experience in public policy and government operations.
| Employment and Social Development Canada
| news releases
As Canada responds to a rapidly changing global economy and evolving trade relationships, the Government of Canada is focused on what it can control. From the beginning, that has meant building a stronger, more resilient country by investing in the people, skills and industries that will drive Canada’s future prosperity. Young people are an essential part of that effort.
| Employment and Social Development Canada
| backgrounders
Team Canada Strong is an $8 billion investment to recruit, train, and hire 80,000 to 100,000 new Red Seal skilled trades workers by 2030-2031. It includes a $2 billion federal investment to help support PT workforce development efforts to better align skills development with local labour market needs and grow apprenticeship opportunities across Canada.
Yesterday, the Honourable Maninder Sidhu, Minister of International Trade, spoke with His Excellency Arman Shakkaliyev, Kazakhstan’s Minister of Trade and Integration, to discuss opportunities to strengthen the Canada-Kazakhstan economic partnership and advance shared commercial priorities.
| Innovation, Science and Economic Development Canada
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The Honourable Evan Solomon, Minister of Artificial Intelligence and Digital Innovation and Minister responsible for the Federal Economic Development Agency for Southern Ontario, and Karsten Wildberger, Germany’s Minister for Digital Transformation and Government Modernization, met for the first co-chairs’ meeting of the Sovereign Technology Alliance (STA) on the margins of ALL IN, where Germany is the 2026 Country of Honour. They made the following statement
The Honourable Anita Anand, Minister of Foreign Affairs, met today with H.E. Sheikh Jarrah Jaber Al-Ahmad Al-Sabah, Minister of Foreign Affairs of the State of Kuwait, during his visit to Ottawa.