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For some who have a deep interest in the Crown in Canada, the appointment of Mary Simon as Canada’s next governor general means a person well suited for the post left vacant after the resignation of Julie Payette will have abundant opportunity to make the most of her new role.
Ontario post-secondary institutions are being asked to prepare for a fall semester with no capacity limits on in-person classes and activities.
Today, the Minister of Agriculture and Agri-Food, the Honourable Marie-Claude Bibeau, announced an investment of over $2.6 million to Canadian Forage and Grassland Association (CFGA) to support three projects that will assess and improve alfalfa growth using artificial intelligence and will develop a Canadian grassland carbon offset system. Alfalfa is a key forage crop producers rely on to capture and fix carbon, return nutrients to the soil and improve soil health.
Adam van Koeverden, Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Diversity and Inclusion and Youth and to the Minister of Canadian Heritage (Sport) and Member of Parliament for Milton, on behalf of the Honourable Seamus O’Regan Jr., Minister of Natural Resources, will make a tree-planting announcement.
Claude Joseph, who has nominally led Haiti as acting prime minister since the assassination of President Jovenel Moïse, said in a Washington Post interview published on Monday that he has agreed to step down, handing power to a challenger backed by the international community.