The Honourable Senator Jean-Guy Dagenais, 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 Pierre Arcand, Quebec Minister of Energy and Natural Resources and Member of the National Assembly for Mount Royal, on behalf of Quebec's Minister of Municipal Affairs and Land Occupancy, Pierre Moreau, are pleased to announce that the town of Mount Royal will receive $5,808,925 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.
Media are invited to a technical briefing via teleconference on Friday, September 19, 2014 at 2 p.m. (EDT) with Vice Admiral Mark Norman, Commander Royal Canadian Navy.
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 the Member of Provincial Parliament for Champlain, Pierre Michel Auger, on behalf of Quebec's Minister of Municipal Affairs and Land Occupancy, Pierre Moreau, are pleased to announce that the nine municipalities of the provincial electoral district of Champlain will receive $6,761,183 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.
The Honourable Steven Blaney, Canada's Minister of Public Safety and Emergency Preparedness, issued the following statement after returning from a visit to Israel and the West Bank where he spoke at Israel's Fourth Annual International Cyber Security Conference and met with senior Israel and Palestinian officials on public safety matters of mutual interest.
On September 18, 2014, correctional officers in the medium security unit of Archambault Institution intercepted a package containing contraband and unauthorized items.
Today, the Honourable Diane Finley, Minister of Public Works and Government Services and Regional Minister for Southwestern Ontario, was joined by Joe Preston, Member of Parliament for Elgin-Middlesex-London, the Honourable Deb Matthews, Deputy Premier, Minister Responsible for the Poverty Reduction Strategy, President of the Treasury Board of Ontario and Member of Provincial Parliament for London-North-Centre, and Mark Cosens, Chair of the Elgin Area Joint Board of Management, to celebrate three major milestones in the Huron Elgin London Project for Clean Water (HELP Clean Water) initiative in Central Elgin, Ontario. Minister Finley was representing her colleague 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.
The Honourable Rona Ambrose, Minister of Health and the Heart and Stroke Foundation (HSF) were in Spruce Grove, Alberta today to announce the installation of five Automated External Defibrillators (AEDs) in the TransAlta Tri Leisure Centre.
The Honourable Maxime Bernier, Minister of State (Small Business and Tourism, and Agriculture) and Member of Parliament for Beauce, 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, Pierre Moreau, Quebec's Minister of Municipal Affairs and Land Occupancy, and Robert Dutil, Member of Parliament for Beauce-Sud, are pleased to announce that the municipalities of the provincial electoral districts of Beauce-Nord and Beauce-Sud will receive $48,294,483 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. More precisely, municipalities in Beauce-Nord will receive $22,141,880, while municipalities in Beauce-Sud will receive $26,152,603.
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The Honourable Candice Bergen, Minister of State (Social Development), will attend and speak at the 9th annual graduation ceremony of the Neeginan College of Applied Technology.
