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I’d like to report in briefly on six other issues that relate to your businesses. They are: market monitoring; the Broadband Fund we administer in support of universal service; wireless attachments on ILEC support structures; speed and quality measurement; access to transport; and reducing your reporting burden.

Today, the Honourable Gary Anandasangaree, Minister of Crown-Indigenous Relations; the Honourable Dan Vandal, Minister of Northern Affairs, Minister responsible for PrairiesCan and CanNor; the Honourable Patty Hajdu, Minister of Indigenous Services, Minister responsible for FedNor; and the Honourable Marci Ien, Minister of Women and Gender Equality and Youth, issued the following statement

On February 12, 2024, as a result of the vigilance of staff members, packages containing contraband and unauthorized items were seized at Joyceville Institution, a multi-level security federal institution.

Today, the Honourable Steven Guilbeault, Minister of Environment and Climate Change, announced an investment of $3 million to Birds Canada over five years. The funding will support citizen science programs and open data, providing access to hundreds of millions of data records gathered by volunteers and professional biologists on the distribution, abundance, and population trends

Tonight, the Samuel De Champlain Bridge will be lit up in red, pink and white from sunset to 1 a.m. to celebrate Valentine’s Day.

Fisheries and Oceans Canada (DFO) is committed to preventing the introduction, establishment, and spread of aquatic invasive species, including Zebra and Quagga Mussels. In May 2023, DFO announced $8.75 million in contribution funding over five years as part of the newly created Aquatic Invasive Species Prevention Fund (AISPF). The AISPF funds eligible organizations and projects

In addition to the base Canada Carbon Rebate amounts, starting this year, the federal government is proposing, through legislative amendments in Bill C-59, to double the rural top-up to 20 per cent, in recognition of rural Canadians’ higher energy needs and more limited access to cleaner transportation options.

OTTAWA — The Honourable Jonathan Wilkinson, Minister of Energy and Natural Resources, will deliver remarks and make a critical minerals funding announcement at the Canada-UK Industrial Decarbonization Forum in London, England. Minister Wilkinson will also participate in a fireside chat with Mike Crabtree, President and CEO of the Saskatchewan Research Council, on concrete steps Canada

Today, the Honourable Mark Holland, Canada’s Minister of Health, the Honourable Ya’ara Saks, Canada’s Minister of Mental Health and Addictions and Associate Minister of Health, and the Honourable Lesa Semmler, Minister of Health and Social Services of the Northwest Territories, announced two bilateral agreements to invest a total amount of more than $36 million to

Remarks by Krista McWhinnie, Deputy Commissioner, Monopolistic Practices Directorate – CRTC hearing the review of the wholesale high-speed access service framework – February 12, 2024 – Gatineau, Quebec