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Following the call for proposals under the Québec branché program, three projects in the Hautes-Laurentides region were selected (table of selected projects). These projects represent a total investment of $55,753,248, of which the Government of Quebec and the Government of Canada is each contributing an equal share of $30,127,194. As a result of these projects, broadband Internet will become available in 23 communities in Hautes-Laurentides. It is expected that 19,106 homes in the region will have access to broadband Internet services.
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The Government of Quebec and the Government of Canada will each contribute $20,869 to the Cogeco Connexion project that was selected in the Mauricie region following the call for proposals under the Québec branché program. As a result of this $249,232 project, broadband Internet will become available in the municipality of Saint-Luc-de-Vincennes. It is expected that 136 homes (estimate from Cogeco Connexion) in the municipality will have access to broadband Internet services.
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Canada and China enjoy strong people-to-people ties. More than 1.8 million Canadians have some Chinese ancestry, and Mandarin and Cantonese are the most spoken languages in Canada after English and French. Next year, Canada will have a unique opportunity to showcase all of its amazing and exciting attractions to Chinese visitors, while helping to create well-paying middle-class jobs in communities across Canada.
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December 4, 2017 – Huntingdon, Quebec
The Government of Quebec, through the Québec branché program, and the Government of Canada are each contributing $2,399,424 to the $5,952,053 TARGO Communications project to bring broadband Internet to 35 communities, 14 of which are in the Haut-Saint-Laurent Regional County Municipality (RCM).
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December 4, 2017 – Papineauville, Quebec
Following the call for proposals under the Québec branché program, two projects were announced in the Outaouais region (table of selected projects).
| Innovation, Science and Economic Development Canada
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Ottawa, December 1, 2017—The Honourable Navdeep Bains, Minister of Innovation,
Science and Economic Development, made the following statement:
“In June, I delivered a clear message at the Canadian Telecom Summit: Our government wants to see more options and better price points offered to all Canadian families, particularly in the wireless sector.
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November 24, 2017 – Bécancour, Quebec
Following the call for proposals under the Québec branché program, five projects in the Centre-du-Québec region were selected (table of selected projects). These projects represent a total investment of $18,369,850, of which the Government of Quebec is contributing $5,645,909 and the Government of Canada is contributing $2,146,293. As a result of these projects, broadband Internet will become available in 16 communities in Centre-du-Québec. It is expected that 8,791 homes in the region will have access to broadband Internet services.
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November 24, 2017 – Saint-Honoré, Quebec
Following the call for proposals under the Québec branché program, seven projects in the Saguenay–Lac-Saint-Jean region were selected (table of selected projects). These projects represent a total investment of $6,125,972, of which the Government of Quebec and the Government of Canada is each contributing an equal share of $3,220,284. As a result of these projects, broadband Internet will become available in 10 communities in Saguenay–Lac-Saint-Jean. It is expected that 3,658 households in the region will have access to broadband Internet services.
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Empowering women in business is the right thing to do, and it means stronger and more inclusive economic growth from coast to coast to coast. That is why the Government of Canada strongly supports feminist policy-making as an important way to empower women entrepreneurs and business leaders.
| Innovation, Science and Economic Development Canada
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Too much steel flooding world markets affects Canadian steelworkers and our steel industry
November 30, 2017 – Ottawa
Canada’s world-class steel producers are important contributors to our economy and manufacturing supply chains. Global steel excess capacity has negatively impacted production, trade and workers in many economies, including Canada’s, and continues to do so.
