Edmonton, Alberta, August 20, 2026 — Members of the media are invited to attend the public funerals of Nicolae Serban and Ramandeep Kaur Maan, two federal primary workers (correctional officers) from Edmonton Institution for Women who tragically lost their lives on August 6, 2026, while carrying out their duties.
| Office of the Taxpayers' Ombudsperson
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OTTAWA, August 20, 2026 – The Taxpayers’ Ombudsperson, Mr. François Boileau, is seeking your input related to Canada Revenue Agency (CRA) delays in processing complex T1 adjustment requests and the options available to resolve complaints at the CRA. You are invited to complete an anonymous online questionnaire to help us better understand the public’s experiences related to these areas.
The Minister of Energy and Natural Resources, the Honourable Tim Hodgson, will make a clean energy investment announcement in Ontario. He will be joined by Peter Fragiskatos, Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship and Member of Parliament for London Centre.
The Honourable Anita Anand, Minister of Foreign Affairs, will travel to Washington, D.C., on August 20, 2026, to meet with her U.S. counterpart, Secretary of State Marco Rubio, to discuss continental security and other global priorities.
Victoria, British Columbia – British Columbia's Minister of Water, Land and Resource Stewardship, the Honourable Randene Neill, and the federal Minister of Fisheries, the Honourable Joanne Thompson, will co-chair the annual meeting of the Canadian Council of Fisheries and Aquaculture Ministers (CCFAM) on August 19-20, 2026.
| Housing, Infrastructure and Communities Canada
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Today, MP Mona Fortier joined Stéphane Giguère, Chief Executive Officer of Ottawa Community Housing (OCH), to mark the groundbreaking of 200 Beausoleil, an affordable housing development in Ottawa's Lowertown neighbourhood and one of the first projects advancing under the Government of Canada's Build Canada Homes initiative.