Today, Claude Guay, Parliamentary Secretary to the Honourable Tim Hodgson, Minister of Energy and Natural Resources, announced a nearly $5-million investment under the First and Last Mile Fund in the Saguenay–Lac-Saint-Jean region that will help advance infrastructure essential to responsibly developing Quebec’s critical minerals, specifically First Phosphate’s Begin–Lamarche phosphate mine.
| Housing, Infrastructure and Communities Canada
| media advisories
Members of the media are invited to an infrastructure announcement with the Honourable Heath MacDonald, Minister of Agriculture and Agri-Food and Member of Parliament for Malpeque, and His Worship Robert Duffy, Mayor of the Municipality of Kinkora.
| Innovation, Science and Economic Development Canada
| statements
The Honourable Melanie Joly, Minister of Industry and Minister responsible for Canada Economic Development for Quebec Regions, made the following statement
The Honourable David J. McGuinty, Minister of National Defence, will be traveling to Alberta from August 5-8, 2026, to highlight the Government of Canada’s long-term commitment to the province and its important role in Canada's defence, security, and innovation ecosystem.
On August 1, 2026, as a result of the vigilance of staff members, packages containing contraband and unauthorized items were seized at Drumheller Institution.
| Canadian International Trade Tribunal
| news releases
The Canadian International Trade Tribunal today initiated an expiry review (RR-2026-005) of its finding made on August 27, 2021, in inquiry NQ-2021-001, to determine if the expiry of the finding is likely to lead to continued or resumed dumping or subsidizing of certain grinding media from India and is likely to result in injury to the domestic industry.
The Government of Canada is taking action to prevent the spread of harmful aquatic invasive species (AIS) such as Zebra and Quagga Mussels. AIS threaten aquatic ecosystems, infrastructure, and the economy by reproducing rapidly, disrupting native habitats, and creating costly challenges for industries and local communities. Canadians can help prevent the spread of AIS by properly cleaning, draining and drying their watercraft before moving them to new bodies of water.
Today, Wade Grant, Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Environment and Climate Change, announced over $1.2 million in funding to Iskum Investments LP for a project that will lay the groundwork for a potential new state-of-the-art wood processing facility in coastal British Columbia that would be majority Indigenous-owned and operated and could support over 700 jobs along British Columbia’s coast.
Fisheries and Oceans Canada officials, as well as officials from the Canadian Coast Guard, will provide a wrap-up of this year’s Operation North Pacific Guard mission, a high seas mission to detect and deter illegal, unreported, and unregulated fishing in the North Pacific Ocean.