Event Location: Dieppe, NB

Minister of Official Languages and Minister responsible for the Atlantic Canada Opportunities Agency Ginette Petitpas Taylor (Moncton-Riverview-Dieppe, N.B.) will announce a new federal initiative to encourage residents and tourists to support local establishments in Atlantic Canada. Mayor of Dieppe Yvon Lapierre will be in attendance. This event will take place at Marché de Dieppe Market, 232 Gauvin Rd. Contact Marianne.Blondin@acoa-apeca.gc.ca.

On behalf of Infrastructure and Communities Minister Catherine McKenna (Ottawa-Centre, Ont.), Minister of Intergovernmental Affairs and President of the Queen’s Privy Council Dominic LeBlanc (Beauséjour, N.B.) will make a recreation infrastructure announcement. This event will take place at Soccer field at École Mathieu-Martin, 511 Champlain St. Call 873-355-9576.

Transport Minister Omar Alghabra (Mississauga Centre, Ont.) and Minister of Intergovernmental Affairs and President of the Queen’s Privy Council Dominic LeBlanc (Beauséjour, N.B.) will announce funding for improvements at the Greater Moncton Roméo LeBlanc International Airport at 777 Aviation Ave. Then in Saint John, N.B. at 5 p.m. (local time), Alghabra and Liberal MP Wayne Long (Saint John—Rothesay, N.B.) will celebrate the return of commercial flights … Read more

Conservative leader Andrew Scheer (Regina–Qu’Appelle, Sask.) will attend the opening ceremony for National Acadian Day at the Centre des arts Stage, Place 1604. Call 613-697-5614.

Governor General Julie Payette will deliver remarks at the Congrès mondial acadien. This event will take place at Place 1604, 243 Gauvin Road. Call 613-668-1929.

On behalf of Transport Minister Marc Garneau (Notre-Dame-de-Grâce-Westmount, Que.), Health Minister Ginette Petitpas Taylor (Moncton–Riverview–Dieppe, N.B.) and Minister of Intergovernmental and Northern Affairs and Internal Trade Dominic LeBlanc (Beauséjour, N.B.) will announce funding for the Greater Moncton Roméo LeBlanc International Airport. This event will take place at 777 Aviation Avenue. Call 613-991-0700.

Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Matt DeCourcey (Fredericton, N.B.) will make an announcement in support of francophone newcomers. This event will take place at Collège communautaire du Nouveau-Brunswick – Galerie Parallèle, Dieppe Campus, 505 Rue du Collège. Call 819-639-3686.

On behalf of both Minister of Tourism, Official Languages and La Francophonie Mélanie Joly (Ahuntsic-Cartierville, Que.) and Innovation, Science and Economic Development Minister Navdeep Bains (Mississauga-Malton, Ont.), Health Minister Ginette Petitpas Taylor (Moncton–Riverview–Dieppe, N.B.) will announce funding for the Congrès mondial acadien. This event will take place at Place 1604, 243 Gauvin St. Call 819-994-9101.

Following a tour at 10 a.m. (local time) in Fredericton, N.B. of the University of New Brunswick’s Healthy Aging Centre, Health Minister Ginette Petitpas Taylor (Moncton–Riverview–Dieppe, N.B.) will deliver remarks at opening of the See Me Art Exhibit, Centre of Arts and Culture of Dieppe, 331 Acadia Ave. Call 613-957-0200.

Health Minister Ginette Petitpas Taylor (Moncton–Riverview–Dieppe, N.B.), on behalf of Innovation, Science and Economic Development Minister Navdeep Bains (Mississauga-Malton, Ont.), along with Johanne Levesque from the Réseau de développement économique et d’employabilité du Nouveau-Brunswick, will make a funding announcement in support of a three-year program to assist 15 francophone companies, chiefly in the manufacturing sector, with increasing … Read more