Moncton to benefit from upgrades to deepen community connections

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Riverview – Canadian communities flourish when they have safe, welcoming public spaces where people can come together to connect, engage, and participate in recreational programs and activities. By investing in our infrastructure, we not only stimulate economies and create jobs – we build communities that attract people and businesses and make them want to stay. Ginette Petitpas Taylor, Minister of …

Over 110,000 repairs made to Veteran grave markers in Canada

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Vancouver – Canadian Veterans have served our country with bravery, honour and dignity. One of the important ways we honour them is by maintaining their gravesites in perpetuity. Ginette Petitpas Taylor, Minister of Veterans Affairs and Associate Minister of National Defence, announced the successful completion of a five-year project to address needed repairs to Veteran grave markers maintained by Veterans …

Program To Help Put End To Veteran Homelessness

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Ottawa – Ahmed Hussen, Minister of Housing and Diversity and Inclusion, Lawrence MacAulay, Minister of Veterans Affairs and Associate Minister of National Defence and Yasir Naqvi, Member of Parliament for Ottawa Centre announced $79.1 million in funding for the new Veteran Homelessness Program. This program will provide housing supports and services to veterans experiencing or at risk of experiencing homelessness. The …

Medical Assistance in Dying in Canada

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Ottawa – Veteran Affairs Canada has released the results of a full and thorough investigative process into allegations of inappropriate conversations with Veterans about MAiD in a report delivered to the Standing Committee on Veterans Affairs. The report provides an overview on what the Department’s investigative process found and the steps taken to ensure this situation does not happen again. …