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Today, the federal government is moving forward with consultations to advance key budget priorities to build more homes, boost economic growth, improve tax fairness, and ensure Canada’s financial sector works for all Canadians.

The federal government has transferred more than $267 million to Quebec under the Canada Community-Building Fund (CCBF) for the first payment of the 2024-2025 fiscal year. This will help communities across the province invest in their local infrastructure priorities.

Please be advised that Angeline Gillis, Executive Director of the Confederacy of Mainland Mi’kmaq, and Jenica Atwin, Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Indigenous Services, on behalf of the Honourable Patty Hajdu, Minister of Indigenous Services, will make an announcement related to emergency management for Nova Scotia First Nation communities.

Today, Marie-France Lalonde, Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of National Defence, on behalf of the Honourable Bill Blair, Minister of National Defence, announced the beginning of construction on a new Quick Reaction Alert (QRA) facility at Canadian Forces Base (CFB) Bagotville.

Small craft harbours are at the heart of many coastal communities, bringing people together for work and leisure, while supporting jobs in the fish and seafood industry for more than 45,000 Canadians.

The funded projects will be undertaken by 2027 in the following Magdalen Islands harbours managed by Fisheries and Oceans Canada. Projects could range from repairs, to reconstruction of assets, or dredging related work.

Today, the Honourable Arif Virani, Minister of Justice and Attorney General of Canada, issued the following statement on the Chief Commissioner of the Canadian Human Rights Commission (CHRC)

Today, Minister Sean Fraser and Minister Ginette Petitpas Taylor announced a federal investment of more than $6.7 million to support two projects as part of the new Veteran Homelessness Program (VHP).

The Honourable Jean-Yves Duclos, Minister of Public Services and Procurement will make an announcement.

Environment and Climate Change Canada has analyzed the heat waves that impacted Canada in June and July using its Rapid Extreme Weather Event Attribution system. The system uses climate models to compare today’s climate to a pre-industrial one to explain how much human-caused climate change affected each heat wave’s likelihood.