Funding will enable the CBDCs to offer essential financial assistance, specialized training, expert guidance, and customized local initiatives to the rural businesses, organizations, and communities they support.
The Government of Canada is investing more than $970,000 in Corner Brook to help stimulate the local economy, upgrade equipment and infrastructure, explore new opportunities, and improve the quality of life for Atlantic Canadians.
| Pacific Economic Development Canada
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Today, the Honourable Harjit S. Sajjan, Minister of Emergency Preparedness and Minister responsible for the Pacific Economic Development Agency of Canada (PacifiCan), announced over $17 million in PacifiCan funding for 10 organizations to help businesses in key sectors, such as life sciences, clean technology, and construction, scale up their operations.
| Public Services and Procurement Canada
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For decades, the need for an interprovincial link to the east of the National Capital Region has been recognized in order to unify the shores of Gatineau and Ottawa and to seamlessly integrate various modes of transportation.
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The CRTC is committing over $14 million to CityWest Cable and Telephone Corp. to build approximately 250 kilometres of new transport fibre infrastructure. This project will connect the communities of Jade City and Good Hope Lake (Dease River) in British Columbia and Upper Liard in the Yukon to high-speed Internet.
On January 29, 2025, Marc G. Serré, Parliamentary Secretary to the Honourable Jonathan Wilkinson, along with Member of Parliament Viviane Lapointe and Member of Parliament Anthony Rota, announced over $2.7 million in funding for five projects based in Northern Ontario under Natural Resources Canada’s Climate Change Adaptation Program (CCAP).