This week on Team Canada Today, Andi Petrillo breaks down Canada’s skateboard team and what the expectations are around the sport’s Olympic debut.
Day: June 24, 2021
Today, the Honourable Jim Carr, Minister and Special Representative for the Prairies and Member of Parliament for Winnipeg South Centre, and Terry Duguid, Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Economic Development and Official Languages (Western Economic Diversification Canada) and Member of Parliament for Winnipeg South, announced that an investment of up to $7.2 million will be going to Manitoba, Saskatchewan and Alberta to encourage people to shop locally and support businesses in their community as they reopen. This will help businesses stay open so they can thrive as the economy recovers.
The Honourable Seamus O’Regan, Minister of Natural Resources and Member of Parliament for St. John’s South — Mount Pearl, will participate in a Historic Sites and Monuments Board of Canada plaque unveiling ceremony to commemorate the national historic significance of the Newfoundland National War Memorial.
An appeals court suspended Rudy Giuliani from practising law in New York state because he made false statements while trying to get courts to overturn Donald Trump’s loss in the presidential race.
In response to the ongoing challenges of the COVID-19 pandemic in South Asia, Canada is delivering additional COVID-19-related medical supplies to Pakistan and Nepal.