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On December 5, 2019, the National Film Board (NFB) announced an organizational restructuring, which involves the merger of all 11 NFB studios within the French and English Programs. The restructuring will eliminate three Executive Director positions, two management positions (Chief Digital Officer and the Executive Director of Operations and Production, Digital), and one administrative positon. The NFB will also announce its intention to appoint an Indigenous person to serve as an external advisor on Indigenous affairs.
The tabling of the 2019-20 Supplementary Estimates (A) is planned for December 5, 2019 and represents a total increase of $68.0 million for the department.
The 2019-20 Supplementary Estimates (A) were tabled on December 5, 2019.
The Grants and Contributions Modernization Project received total funding of $21M from Management Reserve in 2016, following a Treasury Board submission. The department plans to seek carry-forward for the remaining of the fund, $6,383,746, for fiscal years 2020-21 and 2021-22, to complete the project.
Crisis in the Anglophone regions of Cameroon
How much international assistance is Canada providing to Sri Lanka, and what is it achieving?
Status update
How Canada's development assistance program is supporting Bangladesh to sustain and advance its development achievements
Canada is deeply concerned about the grave humanitarian situation in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, including the ongoing Ebola outbreak.
Parliament established a deadline of October 17, 2019 for the new classes of cannabis products to be added to Schedule 4 of the Cannabis Act, thereby permitting their legal sale. Amendments to the Cannabis Regulations came into force on the same day (October 17, 2019).
The amended regulations set out the rules governing the legal production and sale of edible cannabis, cannabis extracts, and cannabis topicals. These new cannabis products will not be available for purchase by adult consumers before mid-December 2019 at the earliest.
The amended regulations seek to reduce the public health and public safety risks associated with the new cannabis products, such as appeal to youth, overconsumption, and accidental consumption.
The expert Task Force on Cannabis Legalization and Regulation recommended permitting legal access to regulated, quality controlled products, as a way to protect Canadian consumers from the inherent risks and harms of illegal products, which are not subject to oversight or controls.
• Why has the Government introduced new cannabis products given their risks such as accidental consumption and overconsumption?
• How is the Government addressing the appeal of these new cannabis products to youth?
• How will the Government reduce public health and public safety risks of the new cannabis products?