| Innovation, Science and Economic Development Canada
| news releases
The Government of Canada is helping close the connectivity gap in Manitoba through a combined investment of $83.9 million that will enable 112 rural and remote communities to get online and access high-speed Internet. Of these 112 communities, 48 are First Nations and 21 are located in regions without year-round road access. This investment will allow all Manitobans to do business online, participate in distance education and take advantage of the opportunities afforded by the digital age.
| Innovation, Science and Economic Development Canada
| media advisories
Winnipeg, Manitoba, January 8, 2018—The Honourable Navdeep Bains, Minister of Innovation, Science and Economic Development, and the Honourable Brian Pallister, Premier of Manitoba, will make an announcement about high-speed Internet service for Canadians living in rural and remote communities.
| Innovation, Science and Economic Development Canada
| news releases
The Government of Canada is providing internship opportunities through Digital Skills for Youth, a program to help recent post-secondary graduates improve their digital skills for the jobs of tomorrow.
| Innovation, Science and Economic Development Canada
| news releases
More than 1,500 households in 70 rural and remote communities in Newfoundland and Labrador will be able to do business online, participate in distance education and take advantage of the opportunities afforded by the digital age thanks to a joint federal-provincial investment of $28.45 million in high-speed Internet.
| Innovation, Science and Economic Development Canada
| media advisories
The Honourable Seamus O’Regan, Minister of Veterans Affairs and Associate Minister of National Defence—on behalf of the Honourable Navdeep Bains, Minister of Innovation, Science and Economic Development—and the Honourable Dwight Ball, Premier of Newfoundland and Labrador, will announce funding through the government’s Connect to Innovate program. The program, which supports bringing high-speed Internet services to Canadians living in rural and remote communities, will help Internet service providers bridge the digital divide in Newfoundland and Labrador.
| Innovation, Science and Economic Development Canada
| backgrounders
BizPaL is an online service that benefits Canadian businesses by helping them identify which permits and licences they require and how to obtain them. Entrepreneurs simply select the business activities they plan to undertake, and BizPaL automatically generates a list of required permits and licences from all levels of government, along with basic information on each. The list also includes links to the various government websites where entrepreneurs can learn more and, in some cases, apply online.
| Innovation, Science and Economic Development Canada
| news releases
Starting and running a business in Branch, Newfoundland and Labrador, just became easier thanks to BizPaL, an online business permit and licence service that saves business owners time and helps entrepreneurs start up faster.
| Innovation, Science and Economic Development Canada
| speeches
I want to begin by acknowledging that we are on the traditional territory of the Haudenosaunee and, most recently, the territory of the Mississaugas of the New Credit First Nation.
| Innovation, Science and Economic Development Canada
| news releases
December 19, 2017 – Compton, Quebec
Following the call for proposals under the Québec branché program, seven projects in the Estrie region were selected (table of selected projects).
