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Today, the Honourable James Moore, Minister of Industry, Minister Responsible for British Columbia and Member of Parliament for Port Moody–Westwood–Port Coquitlam, on behalf of the Honourable Michelle Rempel, Minister of State for Western Economic Diversification, announced support of over $1 million for three projects in Port Moody, New Westminster and Port Coquitlam under the Government of Canada's Canada 150 Community Infrastructure Program.
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Today, the Honourable Michelle Rempel, Minister of State for Western Economic Diversification (WD), announced over $3.4 million in funding to the Kelowna Innovation Society (KIS) for their project that will build out, equip, and operate the publicly-funded space at the Okanagan Centre for Innovation (OCI).
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The Honourable Michelle Rempel, Minister of State for Western Economic Diversification, announced a $630,000 investment for the University of British Columbia's (UBC) Okanagan campus to strengthen the British Columbia (B.C.) wine industry's export readiness and global identity for international growth.
The Honourable John Duncan, Minister of State and Member of Parliament for Vancouver Island North, today reconfirmed the Government of Canada's commitment to fund repairs to the historic Vancouver Island Railway, originally announced in 2012. The Province of British Columbia's recent confirmation of its funding takes the project one step closer to realization.
International Trade Minister Ed Fast today announced that negotiators have reached a breakthrough on an expanded WTO Information Technology Agreement (ITA). The expanded agreement will eliminate tariffs on an additional list of more than 200 information and communications technology (ICT) and related products, valued by the WTO to be worth an estimated $1 trillion in annual trade globally.
Residents of Peterborough will benefit from the Bethune Street Sanitary Sewer and Jackson Creek Diversion Project, thanks to joint funding from the Governments of Canada and Ontario through the Small Communities Fund.
