The Honourable Peter MacKay, Regional Minister for Nova Scotia, Minister of Justice and Attorney General of Canada, and MP for Central Nova, on behalf of the Honourable Gail Shea, Minister of Fisheries and Oceans, will share details surrounding plans to repair and improve small craft harbours in Cape Breton and mainland Nova Scotia as well as highlight the provincial total of Small Craft Harbour funding.
Ted Opitz, Member of Parliament for Etobicoke Centre, on behalf of the Honourable Rob Nicholson, P.C., Q.C., M.P. for Niagara Falls, Minister of Foreign Affairs, will address media on Canadian donations of non-lethal equipment to Ukraine. He will be joined by Bernard Trottier, Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Foreign Affairs and for La Francophonie.
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On Thursday, April 16th, the Honourable Michelle Rempel, Minister of State for Western Economic Diversification, will make an announcement supporting innovation in the resource industry.
Members of the media are invited to an event to mark an important step in the New Bridge for the St. Lawrence Corridor project with the Honourable Denis Lebel, Minister of Infrastructure, Communities and Intergovernmental Affairs and Minister of the Economic Development Agency of Canada for the Regions of Québec, and other invited guests.
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Members of the media are invited to attend the opening of the 2nd Western Innovation Forum (WIF), where the Honourable Michelle Rempel, Minister of State for Western Economic Diversification, will be making a keynote address.
| Employment and Social Development Canada
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The Honourable Peter Van Loan, Leader of the Government in the House of Commons, along with Bernard Trottier, Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Foreign Affairs and for La Francophonie and Member of Parliament for Etobicoke–Lakeshore, on behalf of the Honourable Alice Wong, Minister of State (Seniors), will make an announcement regarding Government of Canada support through the New Horizons for Seniors Program.
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Members of the media are invited to attend the Luncheon of the Western Innovation Forum ¿ hosted by Western Economic Diversification Canada, in collaboration with the Canadian Association of Defence and Security Industries, Mitacs, and Canadian Commercial Corporation ¿ where the Honourable Diane Finley, Minister of Public Works and Government Services, will be providing remarks.
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Ryan Leef, Member of Parliament for Yukon, on behalf of the Honourable Pierre Poilievre, Minister of Employment and Social Development, along with the Honourable Doug Graham, Yukon's Minister of Education, will recognize the Dakwakada Development Corporation as one of Yukon's first Canada Job Grant recipients.
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Kelly Block, Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Natural Resources and Member of Parliament for Saskatoon–Rosetown–Biggar, on behalf of the Honourable Candice Bergen, Minister of State for Social Development, will make an announcement to help those who are homeless or at risk of homelessness in Saskatoon.
