A new industry-led, government-supported partnership will engage primary industries, food producers, culinary experts and research institutions to expand food exports, create new products and cement Prince Edward Island's reputation as a world-class producer of food and leading culinary destination.
The Honourable John Duncan, Minister of State and Member of Parliament for Vancouver Island North was joined today by the Honourable Todd Stone, B.C. Minister of Transportation and Infrastructure, as well as Stewart Young, Mayor of the City of Langford, to announce federal-provincial funding for the construction of an interchange on the Trans-Canada Highway at the intersection of Admirals Road and McKenzie Avenue, as well as to announce federal, provincial and municipal funding for the extension of the Westshore Parkway, which will connect the Trans-Canada Highway to Highway 14 in Langford.
Residents of Orillia will benefit from improvements to Old Barrie Road and the Highway 11 south ramp and northbound ramp intersection thanks to joint funding from the Governments of Canada and Ontario through the Small Communities Fund.
Residents of Penetanguishene will benefit from the Main Street reconstruction project thanks to joint funding from the Governments of Canada and Ontario through the Small Communities Fund.
Senator Rose-May Poirier, 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 $1,144,963 in federal funding for drinking water system upgrades in Bouctouche, and $699,953 for sanitary and storm sewer system upgrades in Saint-Antoine. Senator Poirier was joined by Benoît Bourque, Member of the Legislative Assembly for Kent South, on behalf of the Honourable Brian Kenny, New Brunswick Minister of Environment and Local Government, Aldéo Saulnier, Mayor of the Town of Bouctouche, and Roseline Maillet, Mayor of the Village of Saint-Antoine.
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By supporting new market development, the Government of Canada is stimulating growth and jobs while strengthening the competitiveness of the economy in Chaudière-Appalaches and elsewhere in Quebec.
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As parents across the country prepare to send their kids back to school, the Government of Canada is providing them with much-needed support through the increased Universal Child Care Benefit (UCCB). The Honourable Pierre Poilievre, Minister of Employment and Social Development, along with Tilly O'Neill-Gordon, Member of Parliament for Miramichi, highlighted the boosted payments provided to families today in Miramichi. The increased UCCB will provide almost $2,000 per year for each child under 6, and $720 per year for each child aged 6 through 17.
Versatile will receive up to $220,000 in funding through the National Research Council of Canada Industrial Research Assistance Program (NRC-IRAP) to support development of a continuously variable transmission (CVT) for agricultural farm tractors, and to create hydraulic installation models and drawings for tillage equipment.
Canada's associate membership in EUREKA was renewed by John R. McDougall, President of the National Research Council of Canada (NRC) during a ceremony in Lugano, Switzerland earlier this month, giving Canadian innovators access to the international network for market-driven industrial research and development until 2018.
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Today, Member of Parliament for Mississauga East - Cooksville Wladyslaw Lizon, on behalf of the Honourable Gary Goodyear, Minister of State for the Federal Economic Development Agency for Southern Ontario, announced that the Harper Government will be providing up to $10.1 million that will strengthen the food and beverage sectors in southern Ontario.