Press Release Department: Federal - Federal Economic Development Agency for Southern Ontario

Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Families, Children and Social Development (Housing and Urban Affairs) Adam Vaughan (Spadina-Fort York, Ont.) on behalf of Innovation, Science and Economic Development Minister Navdeep Bains (Mississauga-Malton, Ont.) announced a FedDev Ontario contribution of $3.9 million for BioConnect to execute a strategic growth plan to scale up operations. This investment will support the company to strengthen … Read more

Liberal MP Vance Badawey (Niagara Centre, Ont.) and Liberal MP Chris Bittle (St. Catharines, Ont.) on behalf of Innovation, Science and Economic Development Minister Navdeep Bains (Mississauga-Malton, Ont.) announced a total FedDev Ontario contribution of nearly $13 million for three Niagara projects that will support economic growth, create good jobs and continue to drive innovation across the … Read more

Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Families, Children and Social Development (Housing and Urban Affairs) Adam Vaughan (Spadina-Fort York, Ont.) on behalf of Innovation, Science and Economic Development Minister Navdeep Bains (Mississauga-Malton, Ont.) announced a contribution $5 million for the City of Toronto towards the creation of the Indigenous Centre for Innovation and Entrepreneurship. The centre expects to support close to … Read more

Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Infrastructure and Communities Marco Mendicino (Eglinton-Lawrence, Ont.) on behalf of Innovation, Science and Economic Development Minister Navdeep Bains (Mississauga-Malton, Ont.) announced a combined FedDev Ontario investment of up to $53.3 million for six Toronto-based organizations to create good jobs, support sustained economic growth, and continue to drive innovation across the region. The full release … Read more

Environment and Climate Change Minister Catherine McKenna (Ottawa-Centre, Ont.) on behalf of Minister of Tourism, Official Languages and La Francophonie Mélanie Joly (Ahuntsic-Cartierville, Que.) announced up to $200,000 in FedDev Ontario funding for Capital Pride through the Canadian Experiences Fund. This funding will allow the organization to develop and implement new events and programming to improve LGBTQ2 tourism, as well … Read more

Liberal MP Francesco Sorbara (Vaughan-Woodbridge, Ont.) on behalf of Innovation, Science and Economic Development Minister Navdeep Bains (Mississauga-Malton, Ont.) announced a FedDev Ontario contribution of nearly $2.5 million for Global Plas Inc. to expand operations and incorporate advanced robotics and automation to meet client demand in new and existing markets. Global Plas Inc., a supplier of molded plastic parts to Tier 1 automotive … Read more

Minister of Tourism, Official Languages and La Francophonie Mélanie Joly (Ahuntsic-Cartierville, Que.), Liberal MP Vance Badawey (Niagara Centre, Ont.) and Liberal MP Chris Bittle (St. Catharines, Ont.) announced more than $1.2 million to support six local tourism initiatives. The full release is available online. Call 343-291-1777.

Minister of Small Business and Export Promotion Mary Ng (Markham-Thornhill, Ont.) announced an investment of up to $100,000 in AquaTox Testing & Consulting Inc. through the Women Entrepreneurship Fund. This investment will help AquaTox Testing & Consulting Inc. modernize key areas of freshwater and marine aquatic testing and consulting, which will enable the company to meet demand, increase sales, and … Read more

Minister of Tourism, Official Languages and La Francophonie Mélanie Joly (Ahuntsic-Cartierville, Que.) on behalf of Innovation, Science and Economic Development Minister Navdeep Bains (Mississauga-Malton, Ont.) announced a FedDev Ontario contribution of $285,749 to the Conseil de la coopération de l’Ontario (CCO) to expand its French-language entrepreneurship services to the Windsor–Essex region. At its recently opened Windsor location, the CCO will provide coaching, … Read more

Innovation, Science and Economic Development Minister Navdeep Bains (Mississauga-Malton, Ont.) announced a contribution of $2,752,500 for Microbix Biosystems Inc. to scale up production at its state-of-the-art antigen manufacturing facility. Microbix, a developer and manufacturer of biological and technological solutions for human health and wellbeing, produces antigens for infectious disease diagnostic tests. Detection of infectious diseases through these tests … Read more