Honourable Wayne Easter News Today

From: Atlantic Canada Opportunities Agency Investments include improving employee safety and increasing storage capacity May 27, 2021 · Malpeque, Prince Edward Island · Atlantic Canada Opportunities Agency (ACOA) The workforce of Canada’s fish and seafood processing sector is an economic driver in coastal and rural communities, and is vital to the national food supply chain. The sector faced immense challenges due to COVID-19, and the Government of Canada worked quickly to ensure it had the...

From: Infrastructure Canada Today, Honourable Wayne Easter, Member of Parliament for Malpeque, on behalf of the Honourable Catherine McKenna, Minister of Infrastructure and Communities; the Honourable Bloyce Thompson, Minister of Justice and Public Safety; and the Honourable Natalie Jameson, Minister Responsible for the Status of Women, announced funding for upgrades to the Women’s unit of the Provincial Correctional Centre in Miltonvale. That is why governments have been taking decisive acti...

From: Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada Hog producers in Prince Edward Island (PEI) have been impacted by COVID-19 outbreaks and disease control measures at processing plants, and many producers are being forced to keep hogs on-farm beyond their standard lifecycle. This has resulted in extraordinary feed and maintenance costs which have put a financial strain on their operations. Hog producers in Prince Edward Island (PEI) have been impacted by COVID-19 outbreaks and disease control measures at ...