| Atlantic Canada Opportunities Agency
| media advisories
The Honourable Gudie Hutchings, Minister of Rural Economic Development and Minister responsible for ACOA, along with the Honourable Dr. Andrew Furey, Premier of Newfoundland and Labrador, will announce support for tourism projects in Western Newfoundland and Labrador and the Great Northern Peninsula.
Atlantic Canada’s ocean economy creates good, highly skilled jobs and represents tremendous growth potential in the region and in international markets. Within the next ten years, Canada’s ocean workforce is expected to experience a significant turnover in employment, with estimates that close to half of the workforce will retire. To help address this, the Government of Canada is investing in the Council of Marine Professional Associates (COMPASS) in Newfoundland and Labrador to promote marine sector careers among the province’s younger generations.
Social enterprises, non-profits, charities and co‑operatives help build stronger communities, and contribute to a resilient, inclusive economy that benefits all Canadians. That is why the Government of Canada is investing in the Newfoundland-Labrador Federation of Co-operatives (NLFC) to spark the growth of co-operative organizations in the Northeast Avalon region of Newfoundland and Labrador.
| Atlantic Canada Opportunities Agency
| media advisories
Joanne Thompson, Member of Parliament for St. John’s East, on behalf of the Honourable Gudie Hutchings, Minister for Rural Economic Development and Minister responsible for ACOA, will make an announcement regarding support for a non-profit organization dedicated to fostering climate action in rural communities and within the province’s tourism sector.
| Innovation, Science and Economic Development Canada
| news releases
All Canadians need reliable high-speed Internet, no matter where they live. The governments of Canada and Ontario are taking action to bring high-speed Internet access to underserved communities across Ontario.
| Innovation, Science and Economic Development Canada
| media advisories
Jennifer O’Connell, Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Intergovernmental Affairs, Infrastructure and Communities, and Ryan Turnbull, Member of Parliament for Whitby, on behalf of the Honourable Gudie Hutchings, Minister of Rural Economic Development, together with Amarjot Sandhu, Parliamentary Assistant to Ontario’s Minister of Infrastructure, and Lorne Coe, Member of Provincial Parliament for Whitby, will make an announcement about improving high-speed Internet access in rural Ontario.
| Innovation, Science and Economic Development Canada
| media advisories
The Honourable Helena Jaczek, Minister of Public Services and Procurement, on behalf of the Honourable Gudie Hutchings, Minister of Rural Economic Development, together with Paul Calandra, Member of Provincial Parliament for Markham–Stouffville, on behalf of the Honourable Kinga Surma, Ontario’s Minister of Infrastructure, will make an announcement about improving high-speed Internet access in rural Ontario. A media availability will follow.
| Innovation, Science and Economic Development Canada
| backgrounders
On July 11, 2023, the Honourable Gudie Hutchings, Minister of Rural Economic Development, together with the Honourable Nate Glubish, Alberta’s Minister of Technology and Innovation, announced over $96 million in combined federal and provincial funding to bring high-speed Internet access to over 10,000 homes in rural and remote communities across Alberta.
