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Tourism SAINT-JEAN-SUR-RICHELIEU, QC, March 11, 2024 /CNW/ - The Government of Canada is committed to helping Canadian creative businesses and organizations enhance their visibility and increase their export profits in global markets.
Key Points:
- SAINT-JEAN-SUR-RICHELIEU, QC, March 11, 2024 /CNW/ - The Government of Canada is committed to helping Canadian creative businesses and organizations enhance their visibility and increase their export profits in global markets.
- This support helps Canadian companies and organizations grow their business and achieve financial success abroad.
- This includes support for 8 creative businesses and organizations from equity-deserving communities and 1 Indigenous business.
- Since its launch in 2018, Creative Export Canada, under the Export-Ready Stream, has invested $51.7 million in 116 export-ready projects from 103 creative industry businesses and organizations.
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Initiative This important investment will help support the creation of original local journalism that covers the diverse needs of Canada's underserved communities.
Key Points:
- This important investment will help support the creation of original local journalism that covers the diverse needs of Canada's underserved communities.
- These organizations provide the funds that support media organizations produce local journalism in underserved communities.
- In our democracy, declining local journalism has negative effects on local communities and may result in less accountability.
- The Local Journalism Initiative was launched in 2019 as a five-year, $50 million program to ensure that trusted, local perspectives are available and to encourage local community engagement.
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Thursday, February 22, 2024
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QC GATINEAU, QC, Feb. 22, 2024 /CNW/ - The Honourable Pascale St-Onge, Minister of Canadian Heritage, announced the appointment of Nathalie Théberge as Vice-Chairperson of the Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission (CRTC) today.
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- GATINEAU, QC, Feb. 22, 2024 /CNW/ - The Honourable Pascale St-Onge, Minister of Canadian Heritage, announced the appointment of Nathalie Théberge as Vice-Chairperson of the Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission (CRTC) today.
- With more than 20 years of experience in promoting Canada's creative industries, Ms. Théberge is a leader in the culture and copyright fields.
- Before being appointed to the CRTC, she served as Vice-Chair and Chief Executive Officer of the Copyright Board of Canada, directing its work.
- – The Honourable Pascale St-Onge, Minister of Canadian Heritage
The CRTC is an administrative tribunal in the Canadian Heritage Portfolio.
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Wednesday, February 21, 2024
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Video game The project will promote and present the international tour "Et la Femme chanta Dieu", targeting audiences in France.
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- The project will promote and present the international tour "Et la Femme chanta Dieu", targeting audiences in France.
- By partnering with the entertainment, sports and cultural sectors as well as Canadian artists, the goal is to establish a strong presence in the industry and refine the platform.
- The total funding for the sixth cohort of the Creative Export Canada, Export-Ready Stream is $8 million.
- An additional $1 million will be allocated through fiscal 2024-25 for those projects that are multi-year projects.
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Furniture Recently appointed Governor Emerita of McGill University, Ms. Price Verreault has served on several of its advisory committees.
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- Recently appointed Governor Emerita of McGill University, Ms. Price Verreault has served on several of its advisory committees.
- The Canadian Museum of Immigration at Pier 21 is a national museum in the Canadian Heritage portfolio.
- The Canadian Museum of Immigration at Pier 21 is a national museum whose mandate is to enhance public understanding of the experience of immigrants as they arrived in Canada.
- Under the Act, the Chairperson is appointed by the Minister of Canadian Heritage, with the approval of the Governor in Council.
OTTAWA, ON, Jan. 29, 2024 /CNW/ - Today we mark the National Day of Remembrance of the Québec City Mosque Attack and Action Against Islamophobia with the support of Amira Elghawaby, Canada's first Special Representative on Combatting Islamophobia.
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- OTTAWA, ON, Jan. 29, 2024 /CNW/ - Today we mark the National Day of Remembrance of the Québec City Mosque Attack and Action Against Islamophobia with the support of Amira Elghawaby, Canada's first Special Representative on Combatting Islamophobia.
- The heinous crime perpetrated on January 29, 2017, at the Centre culturel islamique de Québec is an event that will forever be etched in our national memory.
- Our country will never forget our fellow citizens: Ibrahima Barry, Mamadou Tanou Barry, Khaled Belkacemi, Abdelkrim Hassane, Azzeddine Soufiane and Aboubaker Thabti.
- In addition, we appointed Canada's first-ever Special Representative on Combatting Islamophobia, who travels the country to engage directly with affected communities.
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Ministry A ceremony will take place at 4 p.m. on January 28, 2024, at the Carleton Dominion-Chalmers Centre in Ottawa.
Key Points:
- A ceremony will take place at 4 p.m. on January 28, 2024, at the Carleton Dominion-Chalmers Centre in Ottawa.
- At the request of the family, there will be no lying in state.
- In addition, any eminent Canadian may be offered a state funeral at the discretion of the Prime Minister.
- Members of the public who wish to attend the ceremony are invited to register through the Broadbent Institute's webpage.
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Black Canadians OTTAWA, ON, Jan. 21, 2024 /CNW/ - Today marks Lincoln Alexander Day, a day in honour of an extraordinary man of law who left an indelible mark on Canadian history.
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- OTTAWA, ON, Jan. 21, 2024 /CNW/ - Today marks Lincoln Alexander Day, a day in honour of an extraordinary man of law who left an indelible mark on Canadian history.
- The Honourable Lincoln MacCauley Alexander was Canada's first Black Member of Parliament and Cabinet Minister.
- Lincoln Alexander Day is an opportunity for Canadians across the country to commemorate the accomplishments of this remarkable politician and Canadian Army Corporal who improved representation of racialized people both within government institutions and beyond.
- By honouring the memory of Lincoln Alexander today and every day, we renew our commitment to building a more inclusive Canada for everyone.
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Friday, December 15, 2023
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Publishing,
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Real estate Today, the Government of Canada released the final regulations for the Online News Act.
Key Points:
- Today, the Government of Canada released the final regulations for the Online News Act.
- The Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission (CRTC) is the arm's-length body that oversees the bargaining framework established by the Act.
- Draft Regulations were published online between September 2, 2023, and October 2, 2023, for public consultation.
- The Regulations establish the factors that determine if the Online News Act applies to a digital platform and when it is required to notify the CRTC that the Act applies to it.
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Sport To ensure greater independence, the Government of Canada will begin to transition the Office of the Sport Integrity Commissioner and the Abuse-Free Sport Program out of the Sport Dispute Resolution Centre of Canada.
Key Points:
- To ensure greater independence, the Government of Canada will begin to transition the Office of the Sport Integrity Commissioner and the Abuse-Free Sport Program out of the Sport Dispute Resolution Centre of Canada.
- The Future of Sport in Canada Commission will review the sport system in Canada and make recommendations for improvements on safe sport and the Canadian sport system.
- It will develop recommendations for the Government of Canada to improve safety in sport and the sport system in Canada.
- Given that safe sport permeates every aspect of the Canadian sport ecosystem, the Commission will review the Canadian sport system and make recommendations on concrete and effective actions with respect to:
improving safe sport in Canada, including trauma-informed approaches to support sport participants in the disclosure of and healing from maltreatment; and
improving sport in Canada, including but not limited to policy, funding structures, governance, reporting, accountability, conflicts of interest, systems alignment, culture and legal considerations.
