| Employment and Social Development Canada
| news releases
Today Royal Galipeau, Member of Parliament for Ottawa - Orléans and Deputy Chair of Committees of the Whole House, on behalf of the Honourable Jim Prentice, Minister of Industry and Minister responsible for the National Research Council of Canada (NRC), the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada (NSERC) and the Business Development Bank of Canada (BDC), announced the winners of a special $15-million nanotechnology research funding competition. Five projects will be funded over three years. BDC assessed the commercial potential of the proposed projects and will help the researchers move their technologies toward commercialization.
| Employment and Social Development Canada
| statements
Today, we released our April Monetary Policy Report, which discusses current economic and financial trends in the context of Canada's inflation-control strategy.
| Public Services and Procurement Canada
| media advisories
Media Advisory: The Honourable Peter Gordon MacKay, Minister of National Defence and Minister of the Atlantic Canada Opportunities Agency, on behalf of the Honourable Michael M Fortier, Minister of Public Works and Government Services Canada, will officially open the Jean Canfield Government of Canada building in Charlottetown, one of the most environmentally friendly buildings ever constructed by the Government of Canada.
| Employment and Social Development Canada
| news releases
Mr. Bob Mills, Member of Parliament for Red Deer, today announced funding of $61,006 for four projects under the Government of Canada's New Horizons for Seniors Program (NHSP).
Keremeos-area residents and visitors will have an opportunity to hear local musicians and music students from across British Columbia this summer, thanks to an investment from the Government of Canada.
| Housing, Infrastructure and Communities Canada
| news releases
Newfoundlanders and Labradorians will soon see improvements to their roads and highways thanks to the first federal payment made today under the Provincial-Territorial (PT) Base Funding Agreement of Building Canada, the Government of Canada's infrastructure plan.
| Housing, Infrastructure and Communities Canada
| news releases
Larry Miller, Member of Parliament for
Bruce-Grey-Owen Sound, today announced the Government of Canada will consider improvements to the Chesley Sanitary Sewage System in the Municipality of Arran-Elderslie as a priority for up to $1,332,142 in federal infrastructure funding.
| Housing, Infrastructure and Communities Canada
| news releases
The Minister of Foreign Affairs and Member of Parliament for Beauce, the Honourable Maxime Bernier, on behalf of the Minister of Transport, Infrastructure and Communities, the Honourable Lawrence Cannon, and the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, Minister responsible for the Chaudière-Appalaches Region and MNA for Frontenac, Laurent Lessard, on behalf of the Deputy Premier and Minister of Municipal Affairs and Regions, Nathalie Normandeau, are pleased to announce that the Municipality of Saint-Elzéar will receive $104,955 under the federal-provincial agreement on the transfer of a portion of federal gasoline excise tax revenues and the Government of Québec's contribution. This is the first payment to Saint-Elzéar which will receive a total of $437,309 by the end of 2009 for important infrastructure projects.
