| Innovation, Science and Economic Development Canada | news releases
The Honourable Bardish Chagger, Leader of the Government in the House of Commons and Minister of Small Business and Tourism, today announced the appointment of Ben Cowan-Dewar as chairperson of the Board of Directors of Destination Canada, effective February 22, 2017.
| Innovation, Science and Economic Development Canada | news releases
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 $394,000 in Bow Valley College, 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 Kirsty Duncan, Minister of Science, on behalf of the Honourable Navdeep Bains, Minister of Innovation, Science and Economic Development, will be at Holland College to announce infrastructure funding. Minister Duncan will highlight the benefits of the Government of Canada’s Post-Secondary Institutions Strategic Investment Fund.
| Innovation, Science and Economic Development Canada | media advisories
The Honourable Kent Hehr, Minister of Veterans Affairs and Associate Minister of National Defence, on behalf of the Honourable Navdeep Bains, Minister of Innovation, Science and Economic Development, will be at Bow Valley College to announce infrastructure funding. Minister Hehr will highlight the benefits of the Government of Canada’s Post-Secondary Institutions Strategic Investment Fund.
| Innovation, Science and Economic Development Canada | statements
This past year was the best the tourism sector has experienced in over a decade, with almost 20 million international tourists visiting Canada.
| Innovation, Science and Economic Development Canada | news releases
The Honourable Marie-Claude Bibeau, Minister of International Development and La Francophonie, on behalf of the Honourable Navdeep Bains, Minister of Innovation, Science and Economic Development, along with Hélène David, Quebec Minister responsible for Higher Education, today announced a historic investment to help equip young Quebeckers with the quality post-secondary education that will help them achieve their goals.
| Innovation, Science and Economic Development Canada | media advisories
The Honourable Marie-Claude Bibeau, Minister of International Development and La Francophonie—on behalf of the Honourable Navdeep Bains, Minister of Innovation, Science and Economic Development—and Hélène David, Quebec Minister for Higher Education, will be at the Université de Sherbrooke to announce post-secondary infrastructure funding.
| Innovation, Science and Economic Development Canada | backgrounders
The Government of Canada supports the development of new transformative manufacturing processes and clean technologies that aim to make Canada a global centre for innovation and have the potential to reduce carbon emissions.
| Innovation, Science and Economic Development Canada | news releases
Two Canadian companies – one in Lakeshore near Windsor, the other in Ottawa – have developed innovations that have the potential to make cars lighter, more fuel efficient and, in the case of electric cars, better performing due to a longer battery life.
| Innovation, Science and Economic Development Canada | statements
The Honourable Navdeep Bains, Minister of Innovation, Science and Economic Development, today made the following statement on the acquisition of Manitoba Telecom Services Inc. (MTS) by BCE Inc. (Bell)
