The Honourable Senator Diane Bellemare, 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 Moreau, Quebec's Minister of Municipal Affairs and Land Occupancy, are pleased to announce that municipalities of the 22 provincial electoral districts in the region of Montérégie will receive $459,713,562 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.
| Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada
| media advisories
Agriculture Minister Gerry Ritz, along with Minister Diane Finley, MP for Haldimand-Norfolk, will be in Simcoe on Wednesday, September 10 to make an announcement in support of the Ontario ginseng industry.
| Canada Economic Development for Quebec Regions
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Acting 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, the Honourable Christian Paradis, Member of Parliament for Mégantic-L'Érable and Minister of International Development and La Francophonie, today announced that Canatal Industries Inc. has been granted financial assistance to improve its productivity and conduct commercialization activities in the United States.
His Excellency the Right Honourable David Johnston, Governor General of Canada, is pleased to announce that a Royal Tour of Canada will take place in the upcoming months.
| Indigenous and Northern Affairs Canada
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Mark Strahl, Member of Parliament for Chilliwack-Fraser Canyon and Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Aboriginal Affairs and Northern Development, today announced that the Government of Canada is investing in the Tla-o-qui-aht First Nation's latest run-river hydro development project.
| Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada
| news releases
Agriculture Minister Gerry Ritz will be in Woodstock, Ontario, on Wednesday, September 10, to make an announcement in support of the Canadian livestock genetics industry.
| Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada
| media advisories
On behalf of Agriculture Minister Gerry Ritz, Parliamentary Secretary Pierre Lemieux will be in Saint Hyacinthe, Quebec, on Wednesday, September 10, to make an announcement in support of Canada's soybean sector.
