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The Honourable François-Philippe Champagne, Minister of Innovation, Science and Industry, together with the Honourable Patty Hajdu, Minister of Health; the Honourable Doug Ford, Premier of Ontario; the Honourable Victor Fedeli, Ontario Minister of Minister of Economic Development, Job Creation and Trade; and His Worship, John Tory, Mayor of Toronto, will announce a significant investment to support Canada’s future pandemic preparedness.
| Innovation, Science and Economic Development Canada
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The Honourable Maryam Monsef, Minister for Women and Gender Equality and Rural Economic Development, will announce a federal investment to improve high-speed Internet access in southeastern Ontario. A media availability will follow the announcement.
| Innovation, Science and Economic Development Canada
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The Honourable Mary Ng, Minister of Small Business, Export Promotion and International Trade, and the Honourable Bardish Chagger, Minister of Diversity and Inclusion and Youth, today issued the following statement:
| Innovation, Science and Economic Development Canada
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Today, the Honourable François-Philippe Champagne, Minister of Innovation, Science and Industry, made the following statement regarding updates to the 2016 Guidelines on the National Security Review of Investments, issued under the Investment Canada Act (ICA).
| Innovation, Science and Economic Development Canada
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The Honourable Mary Ng, Minister of Small Business, Export Promotion and International Trade, will participate virtually in the Women Entrepreneurship Conference, a month-long event series presented by the Women Entrepreneurship Knowledge Hub. The Minister will deliver closing remarks at the final session, the State of Women Entrepreneurship in 2021.
| Innovation, Science and Economic Development Canada
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The Government of Canada is committed to supporting a research environment that is open and collaborative while also safeguarding the integrity of Canada’s research enterprise, national security, and long-term economic competitiveness and prosperity.
| Innovation, Science and Economic Development Canada
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Canada’s world-class research, and its open and collaborative research environment, are increasingly targeted by espionage and foreign interference activities.
| Innovation, Science and Economic Development Canada
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For the second day of her two-day virtual tour in the Maritimes region, Gudie Hutchings, Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister for Women and Gender Equality and Rural Economic Development, on behalf of the Honourable Maryam Monsef, Minister for Women and Gender Equality and Rural Economic Development, will meet with stakeholders in various local industries and organizations and make important funding announcements.
| Innovation, Science and Economic Development Canada
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The COVID-19 pandemic has highlighted how much we rely on our connections. Now more than ever, Canadians across the country need access to reliable high-speed Internet as many of us are working, learning, and staying in touch with friends and family from home. Right now, too many Canadians living in rural and remote communities lack access to high-speed Internet. Through the Rapid Response Stream of the Universal Broadband Fund (UBF), the Government of Canada is taking immediate action to get Canadians connected to the high-speed Internet they need.
| Innovation, Science and Economic Development Canada
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Canada is poised to be a global leader in the safe and responsible development of small modular reactor (SMR) technology. SMRs, as a non-emitting source of energy, have the potential to support the global fight against climate change and provide economic benefits as Canada transitions to a clean growth economy.
