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Passport offices are prepared for the summer season, with new 10-day sites opened this spring

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Wednesday, June 21, 2023
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This allows Canadians to get service closer to home and helps decrease wait times at passport offices.

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  • This allows Canadians to get service closer to home and helps decrease wait times at passport offices.
  • Canadians who require their passport in less than 10 business days must visit a passport office that offers express or urgent pick-up service and pay for expedited services.
  • "Service Canada has continued to work to improve service quality, accessibility and timeliness of the Passport Program.
  • Since August 15, 2022, the 20 Service Canada Centres offering 10-day passport service have processed over 103,000 passport applications.

Environment and Climate Change Canada presents the 2023 summer weather outlook

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Tuesday, June 20, 2023
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OTTAWA, ON , June 20, 2023 /CNW/ - Today, Environment and Climate Change Canada presented its seasonal weather outlook for summer, which is expected to bring higher-than-normal temperatures to most of the country until at least the end of August.

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  • OTTAWA, ON , June 20, 2023 /CNW/ - Today, Environment and Climate Change Canada presented its seasonal weather outlook for summer, which is expected to bring higher-than-normal temperatures to most of the country until at least the end of August.
  • Throughout the summer, higher temperatures are expected to persist in these regions, as well as in the rest of Ontario and Quebec, British Columbia, and Atlantic Canada.
  • Climate change is already affecting the frequency, duration, and intensity of extreme weather- and climate-related events in Canada.
  • Canada must keep fighting climate change while preparing for the changes we are already seeing, and adapt to those changes that are here to stay.

Rio Tinto Fer et Titane Inc. ordered to pay $600,000 for violating the Fisheries Act

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Friday, June 16, 2023
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On June 15, 2023, Rio Tinto Fer et Titane Inc. was sentenced by the Court of Quebec, at the Sorel-Tracy courthouse, to pay two fines totalling $600,000 dollars, after pleading guilty to two counts of violating the Fisheries Act.

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  • On June 15, 2023, Rio Tinto Fer et Titane Inc. was sentenced by the Court of Quebec, at the Sorel-Tracy courthouse, to pay two fines totalling $600,000 dollars, after pleading guilty to two counts of violating the Fisheries Act.
  • On or around June 3, 2020, a sodium hydroxide spill occurred during work at the Rio Tinto Fer et Titane Inc. complex in Sorel-Tracy, Quebec.
  • That same day, Rio Tinto Fer et Titane Inc. notified Environment and Climate Change Canada that the final discharge point had a pH above 9.5, which is harmful to fish.
  • On or around June 3 and on or around December 26, 2020, Rio Tinto Fer et Titane Inc. violated subsection 36(3) of the Fisheries Act.

Now Open for Project Applications: Second Call Under the Greener Neighbourhoods Pilot Program -- Supporting Demonstration Projects for Deep Building Retrofits

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Tuesday, June 13, 2023
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This call will support up to six aggregated deep energy retrofit projects in communities across the country.

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  • This call will support up to six aggregated deep energy retrofit projects in communities across the country.
  • This model aggregates homes and buildings in an entire neighbourhood into a single retrofit project, thereby reducing project costs along with energy consumption and emissions.
  • This new call for proposals for the Greener Neighbourhoods Pilot Program will build on our current initiatives and support job-creating retrofits in six communities across Canada."
  • Deep energy retrofits are major building renovation projects that can generate significant savings in energy costs.

Canada opens new economic immigration streams for skilled refugees and other displaced people

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Tuesday, June 13, 2023
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The Honourable Sean Fraser, Minister of Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship, announced today that Canada has launched two new EMPP streams , fulfilling a commitment made on March 27, 2023.

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  • The Honourable Sean Fraser, Minister of Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship, announced today that Canada has launched two new EMPP streams , fulfilling a commitment made on March 27, 2023.
  • These new immigration streams provide Canadian employers with the opportunity to access a talent pool of skilled refugees and other displaced people from around the world.
  • This access allows Canada to not only increase its economic immigration and fill in-demand jobs, but also to complement its existing humanitarian commitments.
  • These new streams also reduce barriers to access since candidates do not need Canadian work experience to apply.

Statement by the Prime Minister on World Environment Day

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Monday, June 5, 2023
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OTTAWA, ON, June 5, 2023 /CNW/ - The Prime Minister, Justin Trudeau, today issued the following statement on World Environment Day:

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  • OTTAWA, ON, June 5, 2023 /CNW/ - The Prime Minister, Justin Trudeau, today issued the following statement on World Environment Day:
    "Today, on the 50th anniversary of World Environment Day , I join people in Canada and around the world in recognizing our shared responsibility to protect our planet and fight climate change, biodiversity loss, and pollution.
  • "The theme of this year's World Environment Day – 'Solutions to Plastic Pollution' – reminds us of the work that remains to be done to end the scourge of plastic pollution and its harmful impacts on the environment, the economy, and health – here in Canada and around the world.
  • We look forward to bringing the world together for the fourth session of these negotiations in Ottawa in April 2024.
  • "On this World Environment Day, I encourage all Canadians to join the global movement to #BeatPlasticPollution, so we can build a clean, healthy future for the next 50 years and beyond."

Government of Canada invests $42.9 million to support individuals and the health sector to adapt to our changing climate

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Friday, May 26, 2023
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Today, as part of the Government of Canada's National Adaptation Strategy and the Government of Canada Adaptation Action Plan , the Honourable Jean-Yves Duclos, Minister of Health, announced that Health Canada will invest up to $43 million over the next five years to fund programs that will support the health sector and people in Canada to adapt to a changing climate.

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  • Today, as part of the Government of Canada's National Adaptation Strategy and the Government of Canada Adaptation Action Plan , the Honourable Jean-Yves Duclos, Minister of Health, announced that Health Canada will invest up to $43 million over the next five years to fund programs that will support the health sector and people in Canada to adapt to a changing climate.
  • These investments will help protect individuals from existing and emerging health risks caused by climate change and build health systems that adapt and adjust to our changing climate.
  • Last year's report: Mobilizing Public Health Action on Climate Change , discusses the impacts of climate change and health.
  • Health Canada is co-chairing the Climate-Resilient Health Systems Working Group of the Alliance on Transformative Action on Climate and Health (ATACH) led by the WHO.

Canada and Brock University invest in climate action project to reduce greenhouse gas emissions

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Friday, May 26, 2023
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This project will reduce emissions through retrofits that will increase Brock University's reliance on grid electricity and reduce its dependence on natural gas.

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  • This project will reduce emissions through retrofits that will increase Brock University's reliance on grid electricity and reduce its dependence on natural gas.
  • Brock University will see a cumulative reduction of about 13,700 tonnes of greenhouse gas emissions by 2030—equivalent to the energy use of over 3,200 homes for one year.
  • Through the Low Carbon Economy Fund, the Government of Canada is partnering with climate leaders nationwide to cut emissions.
  • The enhanced Low Carbon Economy Fund will support climate action by Indigenous peoples with a new $180 million Indigenous Leadership Fund.

Canada unveils new passport design with state-of-the-art security features

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Wednesday, May 10, 2023
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The new passport has been redesigned from cover to cover with state-of-the-art security features and new artwork, maintaining its status as one of the most secure and universally accepted travel documents in the world for all Canadians.

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  • The new passport has been redesigned from cover to cover with state-of-the-art security features and new artwork, maintaining its status as one of the most secure and universally accepted travel documents in the world for all Canadians.
  • The new passport includes state-of-the-art security features designed to keep Canadians' identities safe, such as a polycarbonate data page—a technology similar to Canada's driver's licences.
  • The Passport Index ranks the Canadian passport fourth globally, offering holders visa-free access or visa on arrival to over 170 countries (as of April 2023).
  • On March 21, 2023, the new online Passport Application Status Checker was launched, allowing Canadians to check the status of their passport application online.

Canada waives fees for family members of Canadians who fled Sudan

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Thursday, May 4, 2023
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Today, the Honourable Sean Fraser, Minister of Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship, announced that the Government of Canada will waive temporary residence application fees for foreign nationals who fled Sudan with their Canadian family members.

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  • Today, the Honourable Sean Fraser, Minister of Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship, announced that the Government of Canada will waive temporary residence application fees for foreign nationals who fled Sudan with their Canadian family members.
  • Foreign nationals who fled Sudan with their Canadian family members—including Canadian citizens and Canadian permanent residents—will be able to apply for temporary residence without paying the processing fee.
  • We remain committed to helping the family members of Canadians who have been forced to flee this violence stay together and find safety in Canada."
  • Those eligible are immediate family members of Canadian citizens or Canadian permanent residents who meet the definition of family member under the Immigration and Refugee Protection Regulations.