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, was joined today by the Honourable Bernard Valcourt, Minister of Aboriginal Affairs and Northern Development, Robert Poëti, Quebec Minister of Transport, and Jean D'Amour, Minister for Transport and the Implementation of the Maritime Strategy, and Minister responsible for the regions of Bas-Saint-Laurent and Gaspésie-Îles-Madeleine, to announce $389,681,000 in federal funding for Phase 3 of the redevelopment of Highway 85, under the National Infrastructure Component of the New Building Canada Fund. The Government of Quebec's contribution of $557,319,000 also reaffirms the project as priority under the 2015-2025 Québec Infrastructure Plan. Construction work on this segment of the highway will begin in 2017. This funding is conditional on the project meeting applicable federal eligibility requirements with respect to the New Building Canada Fund and the signing of a contribution agreement.
SAULT STE. MARIE - Bryan Hayes, MP for Sault Ste. Marie, on behalf of the Honourable Greg Rickford, Canada's Minister of Natural Resources and Minister for the Federal Economic Development Initiative for Northern Ontario, will make an announcement at the Great Lakes Forestry Centre.
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Members of the media are invited to attend an important event with the Honourable Michelle Rempel, Minister of State for Western Economic Diversification, to enhance skills training in the construction sector.
| Federal Economic Development Agency for Northern Ontario - FedNor
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Members of the media are invited to attend an important broadband and infrastructure event with the Honourable Greg Rickford, Canada's Minister of Natural Resources and Minister for the Federal Economic Development Initiative for Northern Ontario (FedNor); the Honourable Michael Gravelle, Ontario Minister of Northern Development and Mines and Chair of the Northern Ontario Heritage Fund Corporation (NOHFC); Renald Beaulieu, Mayor of Greenstone; and Richard Harvey, Mayor of Nipigon.
SIMCOE, ONTARIO - The Honourable Diane Finley, Minister of Public Works and Government Services, and Member of Parliament for Haldimand – Norfolk, on behalf of the Honourable Julian Fantino,
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The Canadian Nuclear Safety Commission (CNSC) has approved the certification of the package designed for the transport of Highly Enriched Uranyl Nitrate Liquid (HEUNL). The Record of Decision was issued on July 10, 2015.
The Honourable Lisa Raitt, Minister of Transport, today met with with community groups, regional and municipal leaders, and business stakeholders to discuss the government's next steps in the management of the Pickering Lands.
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Jay Aspin, Member of Parliament for Nipissing-Timiskaming, on behalf of the Honourable Greg Rickford, Canada's Minister of Natural Resources and Minister for the Federal Economic Development Initiative for Northern Ontario (FedNor), will be in Haileybury on July 14, 2015, to make a FedNor announcement to strengthen tourism and enhance the vitality of Official Language Minority Communities in Northern Ontario.
