Members of the media are invited to attend an important infrastructure event with Michael Chong, Member of Parliament for Wellington-Halton Hills, on behalf of the Honourable Denis Lebel, Minister of Infrastructure, Communities and Intergovernmental Affairs, and His Worship Rick Bonnette, Mayor of Halton Hills.
| Employment and Social Development Canada
| news releases
Today, the Government of Canada announced nearly $4 million in funding to Prince Edward Island (PEI) for two projects that will help young people and newcomers find work in their fields. The governments also renewed two agreements that will connect Islanders with disabilities and older workers to available jobs.
Today, Minister of Health Rona Ambrose co-hosted a roundtable at the Canadian Centre for Child Protection (CCCP) on family violence and child abuse with the CCCP's Executive Director Lianna McDonald.
The Honourable Peter MacKay, Member of Parliament for Central Nova, Regional Minister for Nova Scotia and Minister of Justice and Attorney General of Canada, was joined today by the Honourable Labi Kousoulis, Nova Scotia Minister of the Public Service Commission and Minister of Internal Services, His Worship Mike Savage, Mayor of the Halifax Regional Municipality and Halifax Water Board Chair, Ken Meech, to announce that the Government of Canada has conditionally set aside up to $7 million under the New Building Canada Fund for the upgrade and expansion of the Aerotech Wastewater Treatment Plant in the Halifax Regional Municipality.
| Innovation, Science and Economic Development Canada
| backgrounders
Since its creation in 1989, the Networks of Centres of Excellence (NCE) program has successfully brought together the best minds in many disciplines and sectors in efforts to solve major social, economic or health issues for Canadians.