June 11, 2015 - Montréal, Quebec - Canada Economic Development for Quebec Regions and Department of Canadian Heritage
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 joined the Honourable Shelly Glover, Minister of Canadian Heritage and Official Languages, in announcing funding for the FrancoFolies de Montréal.
The support from Canada Economic Development, provided to FrancoFolies for its 2015 and 2016 editions, has been awarded in the form of a $600,000 non-repayable contribution through the Quebec Economic Development Program. This amount serves to finance the promotion and commercialization of the event on foreign markets.
Canadian Heritage, for its part, has granted $175,000 in funding for the programming of the 2015 FrancoFolies festival. This assistance, delivered through the Canada Arts Presentation Fund, is intended to support the dissemination and discovery of French-language music.
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