Support for strategic sectors and niches of excellence

“Niches of excellence are powerful catalysts created by and for our entrepreneurs to help them reach their full economic potential. We are proud to support CREDDO’s project, which is collaborative, growth-generating and innovative, and will help our businesses continue to be strong links in the local and regional economies, benefitting sustainable development across Quebec.”

Maryse Gaudreault, Member for Hull

“The Programme d’appui au développement des secteurs stratégiques et des créneaux d’excellence, like all the other tools provided by our government to support enterprises, is generating real economic benefits for our regions by helping improve the competitiveness of organizations, among other things. We have a great example of this today with the project by CREDDO, a genuine partner of our government in its efforts to ensure the full development of our community.”

Stéphanie Vallée, Member for Gatineau, Minister of Justice and Minister responsible for the Outaouais region

“The assistance awarded through the Programme d’appui au développement des secteurs stratégiques et des créneaux d’excellence is ensuring business growth and competitiveness while increasing synergy among local stakeholders. This is also an opportunity to foster a collaborative approach and reaffirm Quebec’s leadership role in global sustainable development.”

Stéphane Billette, Minister for Small and Medium Enterprises, Regulatory Streamlining and Regional Economic Development

“There are many opportunities for businesses that dare to do things differently. We can go further with their help, renew our ways of doing things and create good-quality jobs for all. I am proud that the Government of Canada supports the development of businesses in Quebec which dare to shape our future economy, as do those supported by the Conseil régional de l’environnement et du développement durable de l’Outaouais.”

Greg Fergus, Member of Parliament for Hull-Aylmer

“Supporting community transition and diversification is a Government of Canada priority. As the Minister of Innovation, Science and Economic Development, my goal is to help communities that are looking for new ways to expand and green their economies while creating opportunities for their businesses and citizens. By supporting the Conseil régional de l’environnement et du développement durable de l’Outaouais, which puts its expertise and creativity to work for our economy, our goal is to collaborate in order to fulfil our commitments and get results for Canadians.”

The Honourable Navdeep Bains, Minister responsible for CED

• CREDDO (website in French only), a non-profit organization that has been in operation since 1990 and whose mission is to bring together local stakeholders and facilitate sustainable development in Outaouais, is one of the 16 regional councils on the environment (CREs) located throughout Quebec.

• The goal of the Synergie Outaouais (website in French only) sustainable development project, which has two components, is to implement the industrial ecology concept in the region by setting up a regional collaborative network.

• The PADS (website in French only) engages businesses and MESI’s economic partners in focusing their actions on shared goals and intervention methods to foster the development of strategic sectors and the implementation of departmental directions. It is intended mainly for such organizations as sectoral associations, niches of excellence and industry clusters, which play a key role in economic development.

• This project is part of the 2015–2020 Stratégie gouvernementale de développement durable (website in French only) by the ministère du Développement durable, de l’Environnement et de la Lutte contre les changements climatiques and the MESI’s Plan d’action de développement durable 2016–2020 (in French only). It corresponds to directions 6 and 8 in the plan, namely:

  • improve overall business performance through the adoption of eco-friendly practices and strategic sustainable development approaches;
  • encourage businesses to register their activities in a circular economy model.
    

• CED is one of the six regional development agencies under the responsibility of the Honourable Navdeep Bains, Minister of Innovation, Science and Economic Development. For more information on CED’s key directions until 2021, consult Strategic Plan 2021 or visit www.dec-ced.gc.ca.

• Silvia Barkany
  Policy Advisor, Constituency Office of the Member for Hull
  Tel.: 819-772-3000
  
• Marie-Catherine Leduc
  Press secretary for Small and Medium Enterprises, Regulatory Streamlining and Regional Economic Development
  Tel.: 418-691-5650
  
• Isabelle Marier St-Onge
  Press Secretary, Office of the Minister of Justice and Minister responsible for the Outaouais region
  Tel.: 418-643-4210

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  Media Relations Officer, Communications Directorate Ministère de l’Économie, de la Science  et de l’Innovation
  Tel.: 418-691-5698, extension 4868
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• CED
  Tel.: 514-283-7443
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