The Honourable Maryam Monsef, Minister for Women and Gender Equality and Rural Economic Development, will make an important funding announcement to address gender-based violence, including to accelerate progress towards a National Action Plan on Gender-Based Violence.
Day: August 5, 2021
Building on their conversation in June 2021, Minister Ng and Director Drake spoke about the critical role infrastructure can play in ensuring growth and job creation in both the United States and Canada during the post-pandemic economic recovery.
Today, Patrick Weiler, Member of Parliament for West Vancouver—Sunshine Coast—Sea-to-Sky Country, on behalf of the Honourable Catherine McKenna, Minister of Infrastructure and Communities, and Bowinn Ma, Member of British Columbia’s Legislative Assembly for North Vancouver-Lonsdale, on behalf of the Honourable Josie Osborne, B.C.’s Minister of Municipal Affairs, announced funding to improve active transportation in West Vancouver and on Bowen Island. For the occasion, they were joined by Mary-Ann Booth, Mayor of West Vancouver, and Gary Ander, Mayor of Bowen Island.
Joint federal and municipal funding through the Investing in Canada infrastructure program will support 16 public, transportation, and disaster mitigation infrastructure improvement projects in the City of Fredericton, New Brunswick.
Today, Jenica Atwin, Member of Parliament for Fredericton; and Her Worship Kate Rogers, Mayor of Fredericton, announced joint funding for 16 projects to improve public infrastructure in Fredericton.