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On April 28, 2023, Public Services and Procurement Canada (PSPC) awarded a $93.1 million contract to Pomerleau Inc. for construction services related to the modernization of the Daniel J. MacDonald Building in Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island after PSPC determined that it had inadvertently and unknowingly erred during the procurement process.
Budget 2023 provides $679.2 million in funding over five years to support, notably, quality minority-language education and second-language learning opportunities, as well as $8.5 million over five years to support the creation and dissemination of scientific knowledge in French. For its part, the 2023-2028 Action Plan provides up to $128 million over 4 years starting in 2024-2025 for funding of minority language post-secondary institutions, in addition to the $30.4 million announced in the 2021 budget for the 2023-2024 period.
How is the Government supporting market development for Canadian seal products?
What is creating the delay for Government of Canada to deliver the Fisheries Act authorization for the project?
The Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives has released a report claiming nearly half of Canadian children young than kindergarten age live in “child care deserts” – areas with a serious shortage of available licensed care. What is the government doing to address this problem?
May 14, the Globe and Mail reported on the plywood industry's disappointment by the lack of positive action taken by the government regarding allegedly dumped and subsidized plywood imports from China
On May 15, 2023, Bill C-13, An Act to amend the Official Languages Act, to enact the French Language Use in Federally Regulated Businesses Act and to make related amendments to other Acts, passed third reading in the House of Commons, allowing it to continue its legislative journey in the Senate. Among other things, this bill provides for the creation of a new law to enshrine new rights to work and obtain services in French in certain federally regulated private businesses under federal jurisdiction in Quebec and in regions with a strong Francophone presence to be defined.
On June 29, 2021, Senator Pierre J. Dalphond tabled a motion recalling the commitment made in section 55 of the Constitution Act, 1982 to have a fully bilingual Constitution.
What is Service Canada doing with regard to Canada Emergency Response Benefit (CERB) overpayments?