Minister Ng speaks on forced labour measures

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Ottawa – Mary Ng, Minister of Export Promotion, International Trade and Economic Development, issued the following statement regarding new measures to combat forced labour announced in the 2024 Fall Economic Statement: “Forced labour is never acceptable anywhere in the world, and we must ensure that our global supply chains remain free of this abuse. “Building on our commitment in Budget …

2024 Fall Economic Statement

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Ottawa – Department of Finance on Monday unveiled the long-anticipated fall economic statement, which reports a deficit of $61.9-billion for 2023-24. Consumer-driven banking, also known as open banking or consumer-directed finance, refers to frameworks that allow consumers and small businessesFootnote1 to securely transfer their financial data through an application programming interface (API) to approved service providers of their choice. It enables …

Making it easier for homeowners to build secondary suites

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Ottawa – By making it easier for homeowners to add secondary suites to their existing homes, we can build the supply of homes Canada needs to make housing more affordable for every generation. Chrystia Freeland, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Finance, and Sean Fraser, Minister of Housing, Infrastructure and Communities, announced the 2024 Fall Economic Statement will double the loan …

ON Adding 100 New Family Doctors in Rural and Northern Communities

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PALMERSTON — The Ontario government is continuing to create new pathways to connect more people to primary care in the province by breaking down barriers for 100 internationally trained family physicians to practice medicine in a rural or northern community in 2025. Through the Practice Ready Ontario program, foreign-trained doctors can become licensed more quickly and connect an additional 120,000 people …