Their Excellencies the Right Honourable David Johnston, Governor General of Canada, and Mrs. Sharon Johnston will welcome His Excellency Joachim Gauck, President of the Federal Republic of Germany, and his partner, Ms. Daniela Schadt, to Rideau Hall, on September 24, 2014, on the occasion of their State visit to Canada.
I'd like to begin by thanking Secretary of State Kerry and Foreign Minister Çavuşoğlu for the continued efforts of the United States and Turkey in leading this forum.
Corneliu Chisu, Member of Parliament for Pickering-Scarborough East, will make two announcements regarding Canada's humanitarian assistance in Afghanistan and Southeast Asia on behalf of the Honourable Christian Paradis, Minister of International Development and La Francophonie.
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The Honourable Leona Aglukkaq, Minister of the Environment, Minister of the Canadian Northern Economic Development Agency and Member of Parliament for Nunavut, on behalf of the Honourable Jason Kenney, Minister of Employment and Social Development, along with the Nunavut Minister of Family Services, the Honourable Jeannie Ugyuk, today announced that two agreements have been signed by the governments of Canada and Nunavut to help connect Canadians with available jobs.
Senator and Leader of the Government in the Senate, the Honourable Claude Carignan, on behalf of the Minister of Infrastructure, Communities and Intergovernmental Affairs and Minister of the Economic Development Agency of Canada for the Regions of Quebec, the Honourable Denis Lebel, and Francine Charbonneau, Minister responsible for the Laval region, Minister of Families, Minister responsible for Seniors and Minister responsible for Anti-Bullying, on behalf of Quebec's Minister of Municipal Affairs and Land Occupancy, Pierre Moreau, are pleased to announce that Laval will receive $120,448,459 over the next five years under the new federal-provincial Gas Tax Fund agreement and from the Government of Quebec's contribution for the completion of priority infrastructure projects.
Under the federal Gas Tax Fund and the contribution from the Government of Quebec, financial support for municipal infrastructure in Quebec will amount to $2.67 billion over the next five years.