| Western Economic Diversification Canada
| news releases
Today, Earl Dreeshen, Member of Parliament for Red Deer, on behalf of the Honourable Michelle Rempel, Minister of State for Western Economic Diversification Canada, announced support of $339,831 for four projects under the Government of Canada's Canada 150 Community Infrastructure Program.
| Western Economic Diversification Canada
| news releases
Today the Honourable Lynne Yelich, Minister of State for Foreign Affairs and Consular and Member of Parliament for Blackstrap, on behalf of the Honourable Michelle Rempel, Minister of State for Western Economic Diversification, announced support of over $331,000 for 11 projects under the Government of Canada's Canada 150 Community Infrastructure Program.
| Employment and Social Development Canada
| media advisories
The Honourable Pierre Poilievre, Minister of Employment and Social Development, and Stephen Woodworth, Member of Parliament for Kitchener Centre, will announce an investment to help local youth find jobs.
| Canadian Institutes of Health Research
| backgrounders
The Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR) is Canada's federal funding agency for health research. CIHR provides leadership and close to $1 billion in funding to support more than 13,700 health researchers and trainees across Canada.
Residents of Cumberland will benefit from new wastewater infrastructure thanks to joint funding from the governments of Canada and British Columbia through the Small Communities Fund.
| Employment and Social Development Canada
| media advisories
The Honourable Gary Goodyear, Minister of State (Federal Economic Development Agency for Southern Ontario) and Member of Parliament for Cambridge, along with Corneliu Chisu, Member of Parliament for Pickering–Scarborough East, will announce an investment to help local youth find jobs.
The Honourable Candice Bergen, Minister of State (Social Development), on behalf of Steven Blaney, Canada's Minister of Public Safety and Emergency Preparedness, today announced the Harper Government will invest an estimated $113.65 million to improve infrastructure in the Prairie region including at the Winkler, Gretna, Snowflake and Windygates ports of entry in Manitoba. This investment is part of the $440 million in infrastructure funding announced in November 2014 by Prime Minister Harper to replace aging ports of entry across Canada.