Event Location: Quebec City, QC

Families, Children and Social Development Minister Jean-Yves Duclos (Québec, Que.), along with Hélène David, Quebec Minister of Higher Education and Minister of Status of Women; Gaetan Barrette, Quebec Minister of Health and Social Services; and Sébastien Proulx, Quebec Minister of Education, Recreation and Sports, will be at Université Laval to announce post-secondary infrastructure funding and to … Read more

Families, Children and Social Development Minister Jean-Yves Duclos (Québec, Que.) will present changes to the Canada Child Benefit. This event will take place at Le Pignon Bleu, 271 Saint-Vallier Ouest St. Call 819-994-5559.

Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Finance Joël Lightbound (Louis-Hébert, Que.) will take part in a Historic Sites and Monuments Board of Canada plaque unveiling ceremony to commemorate the Charlottetown and Québec Conferences of 1864 as a national historic event. The event will be held at the Montmorency Park National Historic Site. Call 418-648-4444.

Governor General David Johnston will receive the letters of credence of heads of diplomatic missions representing the following six countries: the European Union, Armenia,  Poland, Uganda, the Maldives and Malawi. This event will take place at La Citadelle de Québec. Call 613-993-2569.

Governor General David Johnston and Mrs. Sharon Johnston will be at the residence of La Citadelle from Sept. 11-12. Today, the Governor General will present The Duke of Edinburgh’s International Gold Awards to 17 young achievers from Quebec. This event will take place in the Jacques-Cartier Room, Fairmont Le Château Frontenac. Call 613-993-2569.

The Canadian FDI Forum takes place Oct. 23-24. A speaker from Innovation, Science and Economic Development Canada is expected to deliver remarks today. Other speakers include Richard Tachuk, chairman of the Board, American Chamber of Commerce in Canada, among other business leaders. This event will take place at the Hôtel Château Laurier Québec. Details online.

International Trade Minister François-Philippe Champagne (Saint-Maurice–Champlain, Que.) and Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Health Joël Lightbound (Louis-Hébert, Que.) will make an announcement regarding the creation of a Free-Trade Zone Centre in Quebec City. The event will be held at the Quebec City Cruise Terminal, 84 Dalhousie St. Call 514-283-7443.

On behalf of Infrastructure and Communities Minister Amarjeet Sohi (Edmonton Mill Woods, Alta.), Families, Children and Social Development Minister Jean-Yves Duclos (Québec, Que.) will make an infrastructure announcement. He will be joined by François Blais, Minister of Employment and Social Solidarity and Minister Responsible for the Capitale-Nationale Region, and Régis Labeaume, Mayor of Quebec City. This … Read more

Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Health Joël Lightbound (Louis-Hébert, Que.) will make an announcement about how the Government of Canada will help to give local youth the tools they need to find and keep good jobs. The announcement is being made on behalf of Employment, Workforce Development and Labour Minister Patty Hajdu (Thunder Bay-Superior North, Ont.). … Read more

Health Minister Jane Philpott (Markham-Stouffville, Ont.) and Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Health Joël Lightbound (Louis-Hébert, Que.) will visit the CHU de Québec – Laval University Research Centre to announce funding in research projects aimed at improving the health of people with HIV/AIDS, and to highlight investments in research on conditions such as heart disease, asthma and … Read more