July 31, 2015
Resolute, Nunavut
Natural Resources Canada
The Honourable Leona Aglukkaq, Minister of the Environment, Minister of the Canadian Northern Economic Development Agency and Minister for the Arctic Council, on behalf of the Honourable Greg Rickford, Canada’s Minister of Natural Resources, today announced an investment of up to $4.4 million for science and infrastructure upgrades to Natural Resources Canada’s Polar Continental Shelf Program facility in Resolute, Nunavut. This new funding builds on the Government of Canada’s unprecedented and historic investment in public infrastructure to ensure Canada’s economic growth for years to come.
The Polar Continental Shelf Program provides critical logistical support to researchers working in Canada’s North. This investment in the program’s Resolute Arctic logistics hub will improve the energy efficiency of the facility as well as provide researchers with improved logistical and communications services, allowing the Polar Continental Shelf Program to operate in a more efficient and cost-effective manner.
Across the country, the Government of Canada is investing $380 million in federal laboratories and research facilities for major repairs and upgrades that will improve their ability to enable leading-edge research. New investments like the one announced today will help ensure that Canada’s natural resource sectors continue to support and create jobs. The development of natural resources is key to Nunavut’s economy, directly and indirectly accounts for almost one-fifth of Canada’s nominal GDP and employs 1.8 million Canadians.
The Honourable Leona Aglukkaq
Minister of the Environment, Minister of the Canadian Northern Economic Development Agency and Minister for the Arctic Council
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