| Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada
| news releases
ber of Parliament Harold Albrecht (Kitchener-Conestoga), on behalf of Agriculture Minister Gerry Ritz, today announced an investment of $713,000 to Martin's Family Fruit Farm to adapt innovative processing equipment for the slicing and dehydration of fresh vegetables into chips.
On behalf of the Honourable Julian Fantino, Minister of Veterans Affairs, Parm Gill, Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Veterans Affairs, today attended the official unveiling and grand opening of the Wounded Warriors Canada Park of Reflection, located in Whitby's Cullen Central Park.
On behalf of the Honourable Julian Fantino, Minister of Veterans Affairs, Royal Galipeau, Member of Parliament for Ottawa¿Orléans, today attended the launch of the Royal Canadian Legion's 2014 Poppy Campaign in Ottawa.
Minister of Public Safety and Emergency Preparedness and Member of Parliament for Lévis-Bellechasse, the Honourable Steven Blaney, 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 the Minister of Tourism, Minister responsible for Chaudière-Appalaches Region, and Member of the National Assembly for Bellechasse, Dominique Vien, on behalf of Pierre Moreau, Minister of Municipal Affairs and Land Occupancy for the Government of Quebec, are pleased to announce that 30 municipalities in the Chaudière-Appalaches Region will receive $64,169,133 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. This in addition to the $101,364,361 going to the 106 other Chaudière-Appalaches communities.
| Federal Economic Development Agency for Southern Ontario
| media advisories
The Honourable Gary Goodyear, Minister of State for the Federal Economic Development Agency for Southern Ontario (FedDev Ontario), and Cheryl Gallant, Member of Parliament for Renfrew-Nippissing-Pembroke, will announce support for a manufacturing plant and job creation in Pembroke.
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 the Minister of Labour, Minister responsible for the Québec City region and Member of the National Assembly for Louis-Hébert, Sam Hamad, on behalf of Quebec's Minister of Municipal Affairs and Land Occupancy, Pierre Moreau, are pleased to announce that municipalities in the Québec City area will receive $223,255,537 over the next five years under the new federal-provincial Gas Tax Fund agreement and from the Government of Quebec's contribution for priority infrastructure projects.