| Innovation, Science and Economic Development Canada
| news releases
The Honourable Navdeep Bains, Minister of Innovation, Science and Economic Development, and the Honourable Bardish Chagger, Minister of Small Business and Tourism, today announced the appointments and reappointments of eight experienced leaders to the Board of Directors of the Business Development Bank of Canada (BDC), the nation’s only bank dedicated exclusively to entrepreneurs.
| Innovation, Science and Economic Development Canada
| media advisories
Darren Fisher, Member of Parliament for Dartmouth–Cole Harbour, on behalf of the Honourable Navdeep Bains, Minister of Innovation, Science and Economic Development, will announce funding for clean technology projects that benefit Canada’s environment and support middle-class jobs. The funding will be allocated through Sustainable Development Technology Canada.
| Innovation, Science and Economic Development Canada
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Middle-class Canadians will benefit from more job and business opportunities when the Canadian Free Trade Agreement takes effect on July 1, the country’s 150th anniversary.
| Innovation, Science and Economic Development Canada
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The Government of Canada values the role of post-secondary institutions as they help equip young Canadians with the education and training they need for future careers that will help them join a strong, healthy middle class. Today, the Government of Canada is investing more than $370,000 in Holland College’s Georgetown Center—for a total combined investment of close to $741,000—which will help foster the training needed for the well-paying middle-class jobs of today and tomorrow.
| Innovation, Science and Economic Development Canada
| media advisories
The Honourable Lawrence MacAulay, Minister of Agriculture and Agri-Food, on behalf of the Honourable Navdeep Bains, Minister of Innovation, Science and Economic Development, will be at Holland College’s Georgetown Campus to announce infrastructure funding. Minister MacAulay will highlight the benefits of the Government of Canada’s Post-Secondary Institutions Strategic Investment Fund.
| 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 the Municipality of Russell–Binscarth, Manitoba, just became easier thanks to BizPaL, an online business permit and licence service that saves time spent on paperwork and helps entrepreneurs start up faster.
| Innovation, Science and Economic Development Canada
| news releases
Global companies invest in Canada’s world-class aerospace industry because it is globally integrated, export-oriented and innovation-driven. Behind the industry’s global leadership in innovation are the talents of a highly skilled workforce and a commitment by the Government of Canada to invest in the sector’s global competitiveness, which creates well-paying middle-class jobs for Canadians.
| Innovation, Science and Economic Development Canada
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Canadians will benefit from new innovations in solar power, cloud computing and biofertilizers as a result of a $7.85-million investment by the Government of Canada in clean technologies that are being developed by companies in Ottawa, Sault Ste. Marie and Alvinston.
