Today, the Honourable Marie-Claude Bibeau, Minister of Agriculture and Agri Food, took part in the 96th Congress of the Union des producteurs agricoles (UPA), where she announced investments totalling more than $4.2 million to establish the Living Laboratories Initiative in Quebec’s Saint Pierre Lake region.
Day: December 1, 2020
Toronto Blue Jays play-by-play commentator Dan Shulman has been named the winner of the Canadian Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum’s 2020 Jack Graney Award.
The remains of a member of the Newfoundland Regiment, discovered four years ago in Belgium, have been identified as Pte. John Lambert, who was 17 years old when he died in battle 103 years ago.
The federal Conservatives are calling for a parliamentary committee probe of the Liberal government’s plan to refit a National Research Council facility in Montreal to start producing a COVID-19 vaccine.
Today, the Honourable Mona Fortier, Minister of Middle Class Prosperity and Associate Minister of Finance, joined the Honourable Pablo Rodriguez, Leader of the Government in the House of Commons and Quebec Lieutenant, in a virtual meeting with economic stakeholders in Quebec to talk about proposed investments in Supporting Canadians and Fighting COVID-19: Fall Economic Statement 2020. During the meeting, Minister Fortier discussed how the government will continue to protect Canadians’ health, jobs, and the economy.