Media availability with Health Minister Jane Philpott following a Roundtable Meeting with Health Stakeholders and in advance of the FPT Health Ministers’ Meeting will take place in Toronto on Monday, October 17, 2016.
The Honourable Jane Philpott, Federal Minister of Health, will be visiting the home of Ms. Antonietta Vuocolo, a home care client in Etobicoke, Ontario.
Federal, provincial and territorial ministers responsible for immigration met today in Winnipeg to talk about the future of immigration in Canada. Ministers discussed how immigration can support sustainable, long-term economic growth across the country while celebrating diversity and encouraging the inclusion of all newcomers to Canada.
The Honourable John McCallum, Minister of Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada, and the Honourable Ian Wishart, Minister of Education and Training for Manitoba, Co-Chairs of the Federal-Provincial-Territorial Forum of Ministers responsible for Immigration, will host a media availability following the meeting.
In celebration of Citizenship Week (October 10-16), Federal-Provincial-Territorial Meeting Co-Chairs, the Honourable John McCallum, Minister of Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship, and the Honourable Ian Wishart, Manitoba Minister of Education and Training and Minister responsible for Immigration, will attend a special citizenship ceremony at the Canadian Museum of Human Rights. They will be joined by Provincial-Territorial Ministers responsible for Immigration to welcome 20 new citizens.
Thank you so much for inviting me today. I want to start by acknowledging that Queen’s University is situated on traditional Anishinaabe and Haudenosaunee (Hoe-den-oh-‘show-nee) territory.
Thank you so much for inviting me today. I want to congratulate the organizers on putting together such a good program and list of speakers.
Designation of Officers and Delegation of Authority
The Hon. John McCallum, Minister of Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship, today issued the following statement regarding Citizenship Week, which takes place October 10th to 16th:
Citizenship Week is being celebrated across Canada from October 10 to 16, 2016, and we want to know what being Canadian means to you.