Canada’s flagship initiatives to support its partnership with Africa

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Ottawa – Mélanie Joly, Minister of Foreign Affairs, Mary Ng, Minister of Export Promotion, International Trade and Economic Development, and Ahmed Hussen Minister of International Development announced a series of flagship initiatives which strengthen Canada engagement with African partners. To enhance diplomacy and to strengthen our presence and engagement with the African Union Commission and African governments, Minister Joly announced …

Federal government announces new measures to help build more homes across Canada

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Ontario – Sean Fraser, the Minister of Housing, Infrastructure and Communities, announced two new measures that will help unlock more homes across the country. The launch of the Canada Housing Infrastructure Fund’s (CHIF) $1 billion direct delivery stream will provide communities across Canada with funding to build or improve the critical infrastructure – such as drinking water, wastewater, stormwater, and solid waste …

Minister Vandal launches initiative to support performing arts on Prairies

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Winnipeg – The Prairie provinces are home to many of Canada’s nationally recognized performing arts talent and organizations. However, major performing arts organizations face challenges that have an impact on their longevity and ability to grow the sector. Dan Vandal, Minister for PrairiesCan, announced the launch of the Prairies Performing Arts Initiative (PPAI). This program will support projects that contribute …

Toronto kicks off holiday season with Cavalcade of Lights

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Toronto – The City of Toronto is thrilled to announce the return of the beloved Cavalcade of Lights, sponsored by Desjardins Financial Group, a free event that will illuminate Nathan Phillips Square with a spectacular lineup of cultural performances, light installations and family-friendly festivities under this year’s theme, Shine.  Marking the start of the holiday season, the celebration begins with …

Driving Economic Growth in Southwestern Ontario

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Funding through the Rural Economic Development Program helping boost local economy LONDON – The Ontario government is providing TechAlliance of Southwestern Ontario with up to $115,900 in funding through the latest intake of the Rural Economic Development (RED) Program to launch the Rural GROW Accelerator. The Rural GROW Accelerator is a 12-week program that will help support businesses in rural communities …

Ontario Calls on Bank of Canada to Cut Interest Rates

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TORONTO — Vic Fedeli, Minister of Economic Development, Job Creation and Trade, issued the following statement on today’s monthly employment release by Statistics Canada. “Amid uncertain global economic conditions, our government continues to call on the Bank of Canada to keep cutting interest rates to protect jobs. While Ontario has seen nearly 200,000 jobs created this year alone, last month’s …

Ontario Expanding Ability to Process Cancer Fighting Medical Isotopes

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KINCARDINE – The Ontario Government and Bruce Power announced the construction of a new hot cell in Bruce County to process the cancer-fighting medical isotope lutetium-177 which is used as a targeted therapy, including for prostate cancer and neuroendocrine tumours. By repatriating medical isotope processing to the province and building provincial capacity to process the isotopes produced at our nuclear stations, …