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On August 2, 2024, Bos Smoked Fish Inc. was fined $25,000 by the Ontario Court of Justice, in Brampton. The company pleaded guilty, on August 1, 2024, to one charge for violating the Wild Animal and Plant Protection and Regulation of International and Interprovincial Trade Act. This offence relates to illegally importing European Eel parts, including smoked eel and eel fillets. The $25,000 fine will be directed to the Government of Canada’s Environmental Damages Fund.
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Today, Terry Duguid, Parliamentary Secretary to the Prime Minister and Special Advisor for Water, announced on behalf of the Honourable Steven Guilbeault, Minister of Environment and Climate Change, more than $2.3 million in funding over two years to support 17 partner-led projects under the Lake Winnipeg Basin Program.
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On July 22, 2024, Canadian National Railway Company was ordered to pay $8 million by the Ontario Court of Justice, after pleading guilty to two charges under the Fisheries Act.
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Today the Honourable Steven Guilbeault, Minister of Environment and Climate Change and Member of Parliament for Laurier—Sainte-Marie, alongside Brenda Shanahan, Member of Parliament for Châteauguay–Lacolle, announced the maximum annual Canada Child Benefit will increase again to help parents in Quebec and across Canada keep up with the cost of living.
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Today, Terry Duguid, Parliamentary Secretary to the Prime Minister and Special Advisor for Water, announced on behalf of the Honourable Steven Guilbeault, Minister of Environment and Climate Change, over $11 million for two major greenhouse gas emissions reduction projects funded through the Nature Smart Climate Solutions Fund.
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Today, the Honourable Steven Guilbeault, Minister of Environment and Climate Change, announced $89.1 million for 10 greenhouse gas emissions reduction projects funded through the Nature Smart Climate Solutions Fund
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Today, the Honourable Steven Guilbeault, Minister of Environment and Climate Change and Member of Parliament for Laurier—Sainte-Marie, on behalf of the Honourable Jonathan Wilkinson, Minister of Energy and Natural Resources, announced investments of $563,000 to the Montreal Climate Partnership and to BOMA Québec, as part of the Government of Canada’s newly launched Canada Green Buildings Strategy.
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The Honourable Steven Guilbeault, Minister of Environment and Climate Change, was at Pizza Quest in London, Ontario, to highlight that today is the final opportunity for eligible small businesses in provinces with the federal pollution pricing system to file their tax returns to benefit from the retroactive payment of the Canada Carbon Rebate for Small Businesses
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Canada is taking the next step to address per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS), sometimes referred to as “forever chemicals”, which is a large class of extremely persistent human-made substances used in a wide range of everyday products, including food packaging, drugs, cosmetics, non-stick cookware, vehicles, and electronics. Worldwide, PFAS can be found in the air, groundwater, oceans, lakes, rivers, and soil, as well as in wastewater and sewage sludge
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Today, the Honourable Steven Guilbeault, Minister of Environment and Climate Change, announced the re-investment of up to $2.2 million of recycled industrial pollution pricing revenues to fund a major new emissions reduction project at St Marys Cement.
