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Today, the Honourable Steven Guilbeault, Minister of Environment and Climate Change, highlighted the transformational new big five Clean Investment Tax Credit in Budget 2023, which will help produce, manufacture, or transition to clean energy in Canada, while supporting good jobs for the middle class and ensuring more vibrant communities across Canada.
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Today, the Honourable Steven Guilbeault, Minister of Environment and Climate Change, highlighted Budget 2023’s investments in new targeted inflation relief to the Canadians hit hardest by rising food prices.
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On March 23, 2023, at the Longueuil courthouse, Piscines Caravelle SM3 Inc. and Les excavations G.S.R.P. & Frères Inc. each pleaded guilty to one count of violating prohibitions under the Emergency Order for the Protection of the Western Chorus Frog—Great Lakes / St. Lawrence–Canadian Shield Population (the Emergency Order), contrary to the Species at Risk Act. The companies were ordered to pay individual fines of $5,000.
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We are taking advantage of World Water Day to support our ambitious climate change actions that keep our air and our fresh water clean. Already, the Government of Canada has announced the creation of the Canadian Water Agency to protect this natural resource, which provides us with clean drinking water, transportation, energy, and economic opportunities, as well as recreation. Parliamentary Secretary Terry Duguid is also attending the United Nations Water 2023 Conference in New York this week as Canada's representative to discuss the mid-term review of the goals of the International Decade for Action on Water for Sustainable Development, 2018–2028.
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Today, the Honourable Steven Guilbeault, Minister of Environment and Climate Change, outlined the Government of Canada’s support for a net-zero emissions economy in Quebec while speaking at Americana 2023, one of the largest environmental events in North America.
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Today, the Honourable Steven Guilbeault, Minister of Environment and Climate Change, announced that the Government of Canada will invest $6.6 million over four years to support the Government of Nunavut’s multi-year research and monitoring activities of the 13 barren-ground, Dolphin Union, and Peary Caribou herds in the territory.
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Today, the Honourable Steven Guilbeault, Minister of Environment and Climate Change, announced that the Government of Canada will invest $2.32 million for three projects that will contribute to Canada’s rich network of protected and conserved areas.
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The Government of Canada is committed to protecting and conserving nature and halting Canada’s biodiversity loss. The Boreal Caribou, famously depicted on Canada’s 25-cent coin, is an iconic species that plays a significant role in the culture and history of Indigenous peoples. However, Boreal Caribou are threatened, and their populations are in decline. Federal and provincial governments, Indigenous peoples, and other stakeholders must work together to ensure the species’ recovery and protection.
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Today, the Minister of Environment and Climate Change, the Honourable Steven Guilbeault, announced over $11.7 million to support the Ontario Land Trust Alliance to conserve wetlands, grasslands and forests that are currently under threat. Spanning much of the province, the projects will protect from conversion up to 6000 hectares.
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Today, Joanne Thompson, Member of Parliament, on behalf of the Honourable Steven Guilbeault, Minister of Environment and Climate Change, announced an investment of up to $1.7 million to support the Corporate Climate Plan of the city of St. John’s.
