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Housing, Infrastructure and Communities Canada

The Build Communities Strong Fund is investing $51 billion in a wide range of infrastructure projects across the country that support economic prosperity, housing, sport, education, health, transit, and climate adaptation.

One Canadian Economy

Canada is a trading nation with a deep history of building strategic partnerships with nations whose customers value the quality and consistency of the goods we export. Goods that come from different sectors, including agriculture, fisheries, manufacturing and mining, from regions across the country. Canada has what the world wants, and Canadian businesses need modern, reliable and efficient infrastructure to get their products to customers and keep Canada competitive on the world stage.

Pacific Economic Development Canada

British Columbia’s economy is driven by strong businesses that create good jobs and support vibrant communities. To remain competitive and resilient, they are pivoting to new pathways for growth with support from the Regional Tariff Response Initiative (RTRI).

Natural Resources Canada

Today, the Honourable Tim Hodgson, Minister of Energy and Natural Resources, launched the Canada Critical Minerals Accelerator (CCMA) and announced a Strategic Investment Agreement signed by the CCMA, the Canada Growth Fund (CGF) and Teck Resources Limited (Teck). The Agreement supports expanding production capacity at Teck’s Trail Operations in British Columbia, one of the world’s largest fully integrated polymetallic smelting and refining complexes.

Housing, Infrastructure and Communities Canada

The Build Communities Strong Fund is investing $51 billion in a wide range of infrastructure projects across the country that support economic prosperity, housing, sport, education, health, transit, and climate adaptation.

Pacific Economic Development Canada

PacifiCan’s Regional Innovation Ecosystems (RIE) program is strengthening economic growth across British Columbia by investing in organizations that help businesses innovate, improve productivity, and grow.

Canada Border Services Agency

CBSA seizes more than half a tonne of opium concealed in paper

Housing, Infrastructure and Communities Canada

People in the Kelowna Regional Transit System will soon be able to get to their destinations aboard an electric bus.

Canadian Food Inspection Agency

The Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA) has updated its regulated areas for Dutch elm disease (DED) to include an area in south-central British Columbia (BC) and the entire Province of Saskatchewan (SK).

Canada Border Services Agency

CBSA investigation results in the seizure of 22 illegal firearms, 8 suppressors, and illegal drugs in Sooke, B.C.