Residents of Kamloops and Black Pines will benefit from upgraded water infrastructure thanks to joint funding from the governments of Canada and British Columbia through the Small Communities Fund.
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Event date: July 7, 2015 - The Honourable Ed Holder, Minister of State (Science and Technology), and Scott Armstrong, Member of Parliament for Cumberland–Colchester–Musquodoboit Valley, will be at Truleaf Technologies in Bible Hill, Nova Scotia, to make an important announcement about how the federal government will deliver high-speed Internet access to businesses and households in Nova Scotia.
The Honourable Kevin Sorenson, Minister of State for Finance and Member of Parliament for Crowfoot, and Lawrence Toet, Member of Parliament for Elmwood-Transcona, on behalf of the Honourable Leona Aglukkaq, Minister of the Environment and Minister responsible for Parks Canada, today announced infrastructure investments totalling $1.8 million at The Forks National Historic Site.
The Honourable Kevin Sorenson, Minister of State for Finance and Member of Parliament for Crowfoot, and Lawrence Toet, Member of Parliament for Elmwood-Transcona, on behalf of the Honourable Leona Aglukkaq, Minister of the Environment and Minister responsible for Parks Canada, today announced infrastructure investments totalling $1.8 million at The Forks National Historic Site
Senator Percy Mockler, on behalf of the Honourable Gail Shea, Minister of Fisheries and Oceans, will officially welcome the science vessel CCGS M Perley into the Canadian Coast Guard fleet.
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Event date: July 7, 2015 - The Honourable Peter Van Loan, Leader of the Government in the House of Commons, and Lawrence Toet, Member of Parliament for Elmwood–Transcona, on behalf of the Honourable Ed Holder, Minister of State (Science and Technology), will highlight an infrastructure investment to build new partnerships between Red River College and local business.
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Two innovative Gatineau firms, Foko Inc. and DBx Geomatics Inc., receive funding from Government of Canada to embark on commercialization of their products on external markets.
Today, the Governments of Canada and Quebec signed the renewal of the 2014–2018 Canada–Quebec Labour Market Agreement for Persons with Disabilities (LMAPD). The Honourable Pierre Poilievre, Minister of Employment and Social Development, along with Mr. Sam Hamad, Quebec Minister of Labour, Employment and Social Solidarity, also highlighted progress made on the co-delivery of online placement and Job Bank services.
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The Honourable Pierre Poilievre, Minister of Employment and Social Development, will address an important issue that has arisen with the delivery of the Universal Child Care Benefit and discuss how it affects families in Québec.