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The Honourable Bardish Chagger, Leader of the Government in the House of Commons and Minister of Small Business and Tourism, will deliver remarks at the Tourism Industry Association of Canada’s Tourism Town Hall in Ottawa, Ontario.
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The Honourable Bardish Chagger, Leader of the Government in the House of Commons and Minister of Small Business and Tourism, will be at the True North conference in Waterloo to discuss diversity, inclusion, innovation and entrepreneurship.
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The Honourable Navdeep Bains, Minister of Innovation, Science and Economic Development, will be making an announcement at the third annual SDTC Cleantech Leadership Summit.
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The Honourable Kirsty Duncan, Minister of Science and Minister of Sport and Persons with Disabilities, will be participating in a science, technology, engineering and math (STEM) event with high school students at the Saskatchewan Science Centre.
| Innovation, Science and Economic Development Canada | news releases
Canada offers a wealth of tourist destinations, and its vibrant tourism industry employs one in ten Canadians who eagerly welcomed a record 20.8 million international visitors to our shores in 2017. Canada is on the radar of travellers and adventure seekers the world over, and tourism creates well-paying middle-class jobs at home and prosperity for Canadians well beyond the hospitality industry.
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Canada enjoyed its best tourism year ever in 2017, breaking old records. Now more than ever, it’s clear that #TourismMatters.
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The Honourable Bardish Chagger, Leader of the Government in the House of Commons and Minister of Small Business and Tourism, will launch a “Show Us Your Canada” photo contest with the Canadian Geographic Photo Club. This year—also the Canada-China Year of Tourism (CCYT)—marks the 33rd year that the club has run an annual photo contest.
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The Honourable Navdeep Bains, Minister of Innovation, Science and Economic Development, will participate in a panel discussion at the AI Forum held as part of the C2 Montréal 2018 conference. The panel will focus on artificial intelligence and its impact on jobs and work in the future.
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A sum of $23.3 million will be invested in a project to improve telecommunications services in the Basse-Côte-Nord region. The Québec and federal governments will make equal contributions for an overall total of $22.1 million. TELUS Communications, which will carry out the work, will invest $1.2 million. Upgrading of the network will enable residents to access high-speed Internet and will, at the same time, facilitate the establishment of cellular telephony services.
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The Honourable Navdeep Bains, Minister of Innovation, Science and Economic Development, will participate in a panel discussion on artificial intelligence at the Impact AI Conference at Algonquin College.
