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

Today, Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Transport Vance Badawey (Niagara Centre, Ont.) and Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Housing, Infrastructure and Communities Chris Bittle (St. Catharines, Ont.) visited Niagara College to announce over $6.5 million for three projects supporting southern Ontario’s manufacturing sector, on behalf of Minister responsible for the Federal Economic Development Agency for … Read more

Minister responsible for the Federal Economic Development Agency for Southern Ontario Filomena Tassi (Hamilton West-Ancaster-Dundas, Ont.) and Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Foreign Affairs (Consular Affairs) Pam Damoff (Oakville North—Burlington, Ont.) visited BSB Manufacturing Ltd.(BSB), a Burlington-based components and parts manufacturer serving the automotive, agricultural and industrial product markets, to learn about the company’s ongoing shift … Read more

Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Small Business and to Minister responsible for the Federal Economic Development Agency for Southern Ontario Bryan May (Cambridge, Ont.) and Liberal MP Bardish Chagger (Waterloo, Ont.) attended K-W Oktoberfest’s Willkommen Platz 2024 event in Kitchener, Ont. May and Chagger announced $200,000 investment through the Tourism Growth Program for K-W Oktoberfest to expand offerings and … Read more

Minister responsible for the Federal Economic Development Agency for Southern Ontario Filomena Tassi (Hamilton West-Ancaster-Dundas, Ont.) visited Albion Falls and the Tourism Hamilton Visitor Experience Centre in Hamilton, Ont. While at the Tourism Hamilton Visitor Experience Centre, Tassi announced an investment of over $4.2 million for 30 organizations across southern Ontario that are diversifying their tourism offerings, creating culturally-rich experiences, … Read more

Minister responsible for the Federal Economic Development Agency for Southern Ontario Filomena Tassi (Hamilton West-Ancaster-Dundas, Ont.) attended the 14th annual LiONS LAIR hosted by Innovation Factory. While at the event, Tassi announced a Government of Canada investment of over $5 million for Innovation Factory in collaboration with the Synapse Life Sciences Consortium to support the continued delivery … Read more

Liberal MP Bardish Chagger (Waterloo, Ont.) announced a Government of Canada investment of $75,000 through the Tourism Growth Program, in the City of Waterloo to enhance the 2024 iteration of Lumen. The full release is available online. Contact Edward.Hutchinson@feddevontario.gc.ca.

Liberal MP Lloyd Longfield (Guelph, Ont.) visited Boundless Accelerator (formerly known as Innovation Guelph) to celebrate the launch the Southern Ontario Environmental Impact Fund (SOEIF). With a Government of Canada investment of $5.2 million, through FedDev Ontario, Boundless Accelerator will deliver SOEIF, which will consist of two programs, a revised cohort of the i.d.e.a. Fund and the Sustainable … Read more

Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Transport Vance Badawey (Niagara Centre, Ont.) and Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Housing, Infrastructure and Communities Chris Bittle (St. Catharines, Ont.) visited the Niagara-on-the-Lake Museum (NOTL Museum) to announce an investment of over $1.3 million for 11 tourism organizations across the Niagara Region and surrounding areas that are diversifying their offerings … Read more

Liberal MP Mona Fortier (Ottawa–Vanier, Ont.) visited CÉSOC in Ottawa to meet with the organization and learn about its upcoming new CACIA-IDE (Economic Development Initiative) program that will launch in September 2024. While there, Fortier announced a $589,580 FedDev Ontario investment towards these initiatives which will support up to 100 Francophone entrepreneurs, including 50 businesses through the CACIE-IDE program. The full … Read more

Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Small Business and to Minister responsible for the Federal Economic Development Agency for Southern Ontario Bryan May (Cambridge, Ont.) announced a combined repayable investment of over $7.7 million, for six southwestern Ontario manufacturers: Edge Automation Inc., MTO Metal Products Ltd., New-Form Tools Ltd., Roden Manufacturing, Tradeline Products Inc. and UE Enclosures. The full release is available online. … Read more