| Western Economic Diversification Canada
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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 $896,025 for eight projects on Vancouver Island, under the Government of Canada's Canada 150 Community Infrastructure Program.
Backgrounder - Winnipeg used its 2015 allocation of the federal Gas Tax Fund to improve roads and public transportation across the city. Part of this year's allocation will continue to be used to pay down financing for two completed projects that area residents and tourists alike are already enjoying – the Disraeli Bridge and the Chief Peguis Trail. Funds are additionally targeted for upgrades to public transit. This is an annual budget item to ensure the public transit fleet continues to operate efficiently and that the Winnipeg public transit system continues to provide reliable and effective transportation option for local commuters. The following local road improvement projects were also funded:
On July 30, 1974, at about 1:30 p.m., approximately 130 army cadets from "D" Company and their instructors, were gathered in one of the barracks of the then Valcartier Cadet Camp for a course on explosives safety.
Joyce Bateman, Member of Parliament for Winnipeg South Centre joined with the Honourable Drew Caldwell, Minister of Municipal Government and Member of the Legislative Assembly for Brandon East, and Janice Lukes, Councillor of South Winnipeg-St. Norbert Ward and Chair of the Standing Committee on Infrastructure Renewal and Public Works for the City of Winnipeg to celebrate how the municipality's 2015 allocation of the federal Gas Tax Fund is improving roads and public transportation across the City of Winnipeg.
Member of Parliament Lawrence Toet (Elmwood-Transcona) today announced funding projects at five Canadian universities to analyze and compile measurements collected by NASA's Soil and Moisture Active Passive (SMAP) satellite.
| Employment and Social Development Canada
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The Honourable Alice Wong, Minister of State (Seniors), today announced the first in a series of New Horizons for Seniors Program (NHSP) pan-Canadian project clusters, that aim to address social isolation among seniors in targeted populations across Canada. This group of six interconnected projects is being funded through the 2015–2016 NHSP Call for Proposals for Pan-Canadian Projects, which opened May 29, 2015 and closed July 10, 2015.
The Honourable Jason Kenney, Minister of National Defence, issued the following statement in response to the investigation report released today by the Ombudsman for the Department of National Defence and the Canadian Armed Forces on the 1974 grenade explosion at the cadet training centre in CFB Valcartier
The Honourable Bal Gosal, M.P. for Bramalea-Gore-Malton and Minister of State for Sport, and the Honourable Peter MacKay, P.C., Q.C., M.P. for Central Nova, Minister of Justice and Attorney General of Canada, will make a funding announcement.
David Sweet, Member of Parliament for Ancaster-Dundas-Flamborough-Westdale, on behalf of the Honourable Leona Aglukkaq, Minister of the Environment and Minister responsible for Parks Canada, today announced the transfer of the Marine Discovery Centre to the City of Hamilton.
OTTAWA – Lieutenant-General Guy Thibault, Vice Chief of the Defence Staff, issued the following statement today on behalf of the Canadian Armed Forces regarding the investigation report released today by the Ombudsman for the Department of National Defence and the Canadian Armed Forces on the 1974 grenade explosion at the cadet training centre in CFB Valcartier
