The Government of Canada intends to implement a 100 per cent surtax on all Chinese-made EVs, effective October 1, 2024. This includes electric and certain hybrid passenger automobiles, trucks, buses, and delivery vans.
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Communities throughout the country are adopting strategies to minimize greenhouse gas emissions, including lowering carbon emissions from public transit systems.
The Temporary Foreign Worker (TFW) Program is designed as an extraordinary measure to be used only when qualified Canadians and permanent residents are not able to fill job vacancies.
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The Honourable Marci Ien, Minister for Women and Gender Equality and Youth, will announce support for 2SLGBTQI+ organizations based in Atlantic Canada in commemoration of the Federal 2SLGBTQI+ Action Plan’s second anniversary.
“We, Canada and the undersigned Diplomatic Missions, join together once again as Diplomats for Equality to express our solidarity and support for two-spirit, lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, intersex and all other queer persons in Canada and around the world.
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Canada is facing a housing crisis that is impacting lives and communities across the country. We need to build more homes, faster, to get Canadians into homes that meet their needs, at prices they can afford.
Government of Canada lists federal lands for housing and new tool for builders Read More »
The Honourable Mélanie Joly, Minister of Foreign Affairs, the Honourable Mary Ng, Minister of Export Promotion, International Trade and Economic Development, the Honourable Ahmed Hussen, Minister of International Development, the Honourable Bill Blair, Minister of National Defence, and the Honourable Marc Miller, Minister of Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship, today issued the following statement: “Today, we
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The Honourable Ahmed Hussen, Minister of International Development, concluded his first visit to Ukraine on August 21, 2024. The visit reaffirmed Canada’s solidarity with and ongoing support of Ukraine as it faces the devastation brought by Russia’s war of aggression.
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Today, Francis Scarpaleggia, Member of Parliament for Lac-Saint-Louis, on the behalf of the Honourable Jonathan Wilkinson, Minister of Energy and Natural Resources, announced a federal contribution of more than $2.8 million to FPInnovations for three projects. The funding includes investments to support the use of low-carbon Canadian wood in the Canadian construction market and a
Striped bass is an important food source for Indigenous and coastal communities along the coast of Eastern Canada.
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