Today, Diane Finley, Member of Parliament for Haldimand-Norfolk and Minister Responsible for Southwestern Ontario, along with Liz Sandals, Minister of Education and Member of Provincial Parliament for Guelph and municipal representatives, announced the opening of the new cargo facility at the John C. Munro Hamilton International Airport.
Today, Andrew Saxton, Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Finance and Member of Parliament for North Vancouver, on behalf of the Honourable Michelle Rempel, Minister of State for Western Economic Diversification, announced $420,000 in funding for the North Vancouver Chamber of Commerce (NVCC) to establish an economic development program.
Today, Andrew Saxton, Member of Parliament for North Vancouver, on behalf of the Honourable Michelle Rempel, Minister of State for Western Economic Diversification, announced $1.5 million in Western Diversification Program funding to the National Angel Capital Organization (NACO), to implement a three year initiative aimed at growing the Angel investor community in Western Canada.
Today, Larry Maguire, Member of Parliament for Brandon-Souris, on behalf of the Honourable Michelle Rempel, Minister of State for Western Economic Diversification, announced support for the creation of an Innovation Zone at Brandon University.
Today, the Honourable Tim Uppal, Minister of State for Multiculturalism, on behalf of the Honourable Michelle Rempel, Minister of State for Western Economic Diversification, announced an investment for TEC Edmonton to assist high-tech small- and medium-sized enterprises to enter the Latin American market.
Today, Joyce Bateman, Member of Parliament for Winnipeg South Centre, on behalf of the Honourable Michelle Rempel, Minister of State for Western Economic Diversification, announced a $1.1 million investment for the Manitoba Institute of Trades and Technology (MITT) to establish a skills development and training initiative for the print industry in Manitoba. Federal funding will be delivered through the Western Diversification Program.
The Honourable Michelle Rempel, Minister of State for Western Economic Diversification, today announced a $9.9 million investment towards the establishment of Canada's first Western Canadian Microbiome Centre at the University of Calgary.
Senator Percy Mockler, on behalf of the Honourable Denis Lebel, Minister of Infrastructure, Communities and Intergovernmental Affairs and Minister of the Economic Development Agency of Canada for the Regions of Quebec, today announced $1,768,213 in federal funding for water infrastructure upgrades in Pacquetville, Saint-Isidore, and Lamèque. He was joined at the event by the Honourable Denis Landry, New Brunswick Minister of Natural Resources and Minister of Human Resources and Member of the Legislature for Bathurst East-Nepisiguit-Saint-Isidore, André Gozzo, Mayor of Pacquetville, Réginald Paulin, Mayor of Lamèque, and Oscar Roussel, Mayor of Saint-Isidore.