| National Defence | backgrounders
In November 2014, the Department of National Defence received $452 million for the repair and upgrade of Canadian Armed Forces facilities.
| Veterans Affairs Canada | news releases
MP and First World War Veteran had distinguished career cut short by tragic end
| Atlantic Canada Opportunities Agency | media advisories
Members of the media are invited to attend an event where the Honourable Peter MacKay, Regional Minister for Nova Scotia, Minister of Justice, Attorney General of Canada, and Member of Parliament for Central Nova, will make an important announcement regarding two projects in Pictou County.
| Western Economic Diversification Canada | news releases
Today, the Honourable John Duncan, Minister of State and Chief Government Whip and Member of Parliament for Vancouver Island North, on behalf of the Honourable Michelle Rempel, Minister of State for Western Economic Diversification, announced support of $502,698 for five projects under the Government of Canada's Canada 150 Community Infrastructure Program.
| Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada | news releases
Canadians could soon see faster information processing capabilities and advanced materials used to create everything from improved wireless devices to new magnetic imaging tools thanks to an investment by the Government of the Canada into a new, world-leading quantum research program at the Université de Sherbrooke. This investment will benefit manufacturers while creating high-value Canadian jobs and helping to grow the quantum materials industry in Canada.
| Service Canada | media advisories
Members of the media are invited to attend an important infrastructure funding announcement. Participating government representatives include the Honourable Peter MacKay, Regional Minister for Nova Scotia, Minister of Justice and Attorney General of Canada, and Member of Parliament for Central Nova, on behalf of the Honourable Denis Lebel, Minister of Infrastructure, Communities and Intergovernmental Affairs, and Minister of the Economic Development Agency of Canada for the Regions of Quebec; Joachim Stroink, Member of the Legislative Assembly for Halifax–Chebucto; and Mike Savage, Mayor of Halifax Regional Municipality
| Western Economic Diversification Canada | news releases
Today, Jim Hillyer, Member of Parliament for Lethbridge, on behalf of the Honourable Michelle Rempel, Minister of State for Western Economic Diversification, announced support of $686,786 for three projects benefitting the City of Lethbridge and the Town of Magrath under the Government of Canada's Canada 150 Community Infrastructure Program.
| Employment and Social Development Canada | media advisories
The Honourable Peter MacKay, Minister of Justice and Attorney General of Canada, and Member of Parliament for Central Nova, will announce Homelessness Partnering Strategy funding to prevent and combat homelessness in Halifax.
| Department of Justice Canada | news releases
Today, Minister of Justice and Attorney General of Canada Peter MacKay and Joan Crockatt, Member of Parliament for Calgary Centre, announced funding of $160,000 over two fiscal years to the Sheldon Kennedy Child Advocacy Centre to develop expertise in specialized child abuse forensic interviewing and to extend forensic interviewing and extending support to rural and First Nations communities in Southern Alberta where this specialized expertise does not exist.
| Correctional Service Canada | news releases
On July 23, 2015 at about 1:20 p.m., correctional officers at Drummond Institution, a medium security federal institution in Drummondville, intercepted an inmate who was attempting to bring contraband (296 ecstasy and 101 amphetamine tablets) into the institution.
