| Innovation, Science and Economic Development Canada | media advisories
The Honourable Larry Bagnell, Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Economic Development and Official Languages (Canadian Northern Economic Development Agency) and Member of Parliament for Yukon, will make an announcement about support for small businesses.
| Innovation, Science and Economic Development Canada | backgrounders
On June 23, 2021, the Government of Canada announced 11 projects under the Universal Broadband Fund Rapid Response Stream to bring high-speed Internet to Indigenous communities in rural Ontario.
| Innovation, Science and Economic Development Canada | media advisories
The Honourable Jim Carr, Minister and Special Representative for the Prairies, and Terry Duguid, Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Economic Development and Official Languages (Western Economic Diversification Canada), will make an announcement about support for small businesses.
| Innovation, Science and Economic Development Canada | media advisories
The Honourable Joyce Murray, Minister of Digital Government and Member of Parliament for Vancouver Quadra, will make an announcement about support for small businesses.
| Innovation, Science and Economic Development Canada | news releases
Today, the Honourable Maryam Monsef, Minister for Women and Gender Equality and Rural Economic Development, the Honourable Marc Miller, Minister of Indigenous Services, and the Honourable Carolyn Bennett, Minister of Crown-Indigenous Relations, announced over $9.5 million in federal funding for 11 projects that will bring high-speed Internet to 17 rural and Indigenous communities in Ontario. These projects will connect 6,124 underserved households, 2,953 of which are in Indigenous communities. Of the 11 projects, 10 are led by Indigenous applicants. The following communities and areas will benefit from these high-speed Internet projects:
| Innovation, Science and Economic Development Canada | news releases
Today, the Honourable Patty Hajdu, Minister of Health and Member of Parliament for Thunder Bay–Superior North, on behalf of the Honourable Maryam Monsef, Minister for Women and Gender Equality and Rural Economic Development, highlighted nearly $208,000 in federal funding to bring high-speed Internet to 145 underserved households in Biigtigong Nishnaabeg (Ojibways of the Pic River First Nation). Pic River Development Corporation is investing an additional $38,000 in this project.
| Innovation, Science and Economic Development Canada | media advisories
The Honourable Maryam Monsef, Minister for Women and Gender Equality and Rural Economic Development, alongside the Honourable Marc Miller, Minister of Indigenous Services, and the Honourable Carolyn Bennett, Minister of Crown-Indigenous Relations, will make an important announcement about high-speed Internet for rural and Indigenous communities in Ontario.
| Innovation, Science and Economic Development Canada | news releases
The Honourable Mary Ng, Minister of Small Business, Export Promotion and International Trade, joined 1,500 business owners, organizations and industry leaders from across the country yesterday to kick off CanadianSME’s Small Business Expo 2021.
| Innovation, Science and Economic Development Canada | media advisories
The Honourable Mary Ng, Minister of Small Business, Export Promotion and International Trade, will deliver remarks and participate in a virtual roundtable with women entrepreneurs and Square Canada.
| Innovation, Science and Economic Development Canada | news releases
Today, the Honourable Mary Ng, Minister of Small Business, Export Promotion and International Trade, announced the launch of Shop Local, a Canada-wide investment of $33 million to encourage Canadians to shop locally. Making the announcement from Butter Baker, a bakery in Markham, Minister Ng also stated that nearly $9 million of that total will be invested in Ontario, through the Ontario Chamber of Commerce, to support businesses in reopening and staying open so they can thrive as the economy recovers.
