GATINEAU, April 29, 2022 To honour residential school Survivors and all the children who were lost to their families and communities, a Residential Schools National Monument will be installed in a highly visible location in Ottawa. Today, Pablo Rodriguez, Minister of Canadian Heritage, announced the 16 members of the newly formed Survivor-led Steering Committee, which…

SUDBURY – The Honourable Ginette Petitpas Taylor, Minister of Official Languages and Minister responsible for the Atlantic Canada Opportunities Agency, will take part in a press conference Friday, April 29 along with Marc G. Serré, Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Official Languages and Viviane Lapointe, Member of Parliament (Sudbury). They will announce significant funding for Francophone post-secondary education,…

OTTAWA – Pablo Rodriguez, Minister of Canadian Heritage, will host the National Culture Summit May 3-4, 2022, at the National Arts Centre in Ottawa. The summit will bring together leaders in the arts, culture and heritage sectors from across the country for a national conversation on resilience, sustainability and transformation. The summit will take place…

OTTAWA, April 27, 2022 Canada’s arts, culture and heritage sector play a fundamental role in building a stronger, more cohesive and resilient society. These sectors are not only significant economic drivers but they also contribute to Canada’s identity and social fabric. Over the last two years of the pandemic, the arts, culture and heritage sectors…

OTTAWA–GATINEAU, April 27, 2022 This evening marks the beginning of Yom HaShoah, or Holocaust Remembrance Day. This is a time to mourn and remember the victims of the Holocaust, when more than 6 million Jews, at least 500,000 Roma and Sinti, and other targeted vulnerable minorities including the Jewish disabled, were brutally murdered by the…

Canadian producers will see changes to grain delivery declarations for the 2022-2023 crop year. Starting July 1, 2022 in eastern Canada and August 1, 2022 in western Canada, declarations of eligibility will be required across the country. Only grains subject to variety registration based on quality considerations will require a declaration. As a result, certain…