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

Minister of State for the Federal Economic Development Agency for Southern Ontario Gary Goodyear (Cambridge Ont.) announced $3 million in funding to the Eastern Ontario Community Futures Development Corporation Network (EOCFDC Network) to help establish a $6-million investment fund to strengthen regional diversification efforts across eastern Ontario. The federal contribution is leveraging $3 million in matching funding … Read more

Conservative MP Barry Devolin (Haliburton-Kawartha Lakes-Brock, Ont.) announced $1 million in funding for Mariposa Dairy Ltd. to increase its production capacity of specialty cheese products. The full release is available online. Call 613-943-6438. On behalf of Minister of State for the Federal Economic Development Agency for Southern Ontario Gary Goodyear (Cambridge Ont.), Conservative MP Brad Butt (Mississauga-Streetsville, … Read more

Conservative MPs John Carmichael (Don Valley West, Ont.), and Bernard Trottier (Etobicoke-Lakeshore, Ont.) announced $3.894 million in funding to support the Ontario Bioscience Innovation Organization’s efforts to boost investment opportunities for Ontario companies and strengthen innovation for Ontario’s commercial bioscience cluster. The full release is available online. Call 613-943-6438.

Minister of State for the Federal Economic Development Agency for Southern Ontario Gary Goodyear (Cambridge Ont.) announced up to $810,352 for Francophone communities in southwestern Ontario. La Passerelle – Integration et Developpement Economique (I.D.E), in partnership with l’Association canadienne-francaise de l’Ontario – London-Sarnia, will use this investment to expand the “Programme Classe Affaires” initiative. The expanded … Read more

Treasury Board President Tony Clement (Parry Sound-Muskoka, Ont.) announced up to $3 million for Communitech Corporation to establish the Open Data Exchange (ODX), which will be located in Waterloo, Ontario. The project is expected to result in the incubation of 15 new data-driven companies. It is also expected to create a total of 370 direct and … Read more

Minister of State for the Federal Economic Development Agency for Southern Ontario Gary Goodyear (Cambridge Ont.) announced the launch of the new Canada 150 Community Infrastructure Program in southern Ontario. Prime Minister Stephen Harper (Calgary Southwest, Alta.) announced the $150-million national program dedicated to celebrating Canada’s history, heritage, values and future by reinvesting in community infrastructure … Read more

Minister of State for the Federal Economic Development Agency for Southern Ontario Gary Goodyear (Cambridge Ont.) gave a keynote address at the first full-day “Canada Makes: Additive Manufacturing Forum”, co-hosted by Canadian Manufacturers and Exporters (CME) and Mohawk College in Hamilton, Ont. Goodyear outlined key measures from Economic Action Plan 2015 to support businesses and manufacturers, and also … Read more

Minister of State for the Federal Economic Development Agency for Southern Ontario Gary Goodyear (Cambridge Ont.) delivered the keynote address at the Business Innovation Summit 2015 and outlined key measures in Economic Action Plan 2015. The discussions also highlighted some of the initiatives of the Economic Action Plan 2015, including renewed support for innovation, small business growth and … Read more

Minister of State for the Federal Economic Development Agency for Southern Ontario Gary Goodyear (Cambridge Ont.) announced an investment of up to $20-million that will advance the commercialization of new products and services in key growth sectors. The minister made the announcement at the Ontario Centres of Excellence (OCE) Discovery Conference prior to a High Performance … Read more

Minister of State for the Federal Economic Development Agency for Southern Ontario Gary Goodyear (Cambridge Ont.) announced an important investment of up to $100,000 in OZ Optics Limited, a worldwide supplier of fiber optic products for optical networks. OZ Optics Limited will use the funding to automate and optimize a laser writing process. This will allow … Read more