Minister of State (Science and Technology) Ed Holder (London West, Ont.) announced that the Government of Canada will provide approximately $6 million to Seaside Wireless Communications to bring expanded and improved high-speed Internet services to approximately 14,000 households and businesses in Nova Scotia. The communities that will benefit under this project include Pictou, Antigonish, Colchester, Guysborough, … Read more
Heritage and Official Languages Minister Shelly Glover (Saint-Boniface, Man.) announced an investment of $22.1 million to build a highly innovative research facility to be located in the Port of Churchill, Canada’s only Arctic deepwater port. The Churchill Marine Observatory will be a multidisciplinary research facility where researchers will study the detection, impact and mitigation of oil … Read more
Industry Minister James Moore (Port Moody-Westwood-Port Coquitlam, B.C.) announced that Dynamic Structures will receive up to $70 million to build and deliver the precision-steel enclosure of the Thirty Meter Telescope (TMT), one of the world’s largest Earth-based telescopes. The government’s investment will create approximately 125 new full-time, high-skill jobs within the company and its partner suppliers. … Read more
Industry Minister James Moore (Port Moody-Westwood-Port Coquitlam, B.C.) announced the appointment of Michael Denham as president of the Business Development Bank of Canada (BDC), effective Aug. 10, 2015. Denham is currently the President of AquaTerra. He is a former oresident and senior managing director of Accenture PLC and a former president of the Business Process Services of … Read more
Industry Minister James Moore (Port Moody-Westwood-Port Coquitlam, B.C.) and Minister of State (Small Business, Tourism and Agriculture) Maxime Bernier (Beauce, Que.) announced the appointment of Olga Ilich as chair of Destination Canada (formerly known as the Canadian Tourism Commission) effective immediately. llich has been a member of the Board of Directors of Destination Canada since 2014 and was the British Columbia minister of Tourism, … Read more
Minister of Veterans Affairs Erin O’Toole (Durham, Ont.) announced $1,879,805 in funding to Eccentric Artists Technical Services Ltd., a local Internet service provider, to connect approximately 820 homes in Scugog, Ont. to fibre Internet services. The fibre infrastructure project is expected to be completed by November 2016, delivering average Internet speeds of 10 megabits per second (Mbps), twice … Read more
Industry Minister James Moore (Port Moody-Westwood-Port Coquitlam, B.C.) issued a statement: “Today our government approved a series of spectrum licence transfers between Rogers, Shaw, Mobilicity and WIND,” said Moore. “These transfers will result in at least four wireless firms in every region of the country being able to offer the latest technology, world-class service and more … Read more
More than 3, 800 researchers at over 70 Canadian universities received a significant, long-term investment from the federal government. The announcement was made at an advanced big datalaboratory at the University of Ontario Institute of Technology by Minister of State (Science and Technology) Ed Holder (London West, Ont.) and Dr. Mario Pinto, President of the … Read more
Industry Minister James Moore (Port Moody-Westwood-Port Coquitlam, B.C.) announced that the Digital Privacy Act has received Royal Assent and is now law. “The Digital Privacy Act will protect the personal information of Canadians online,” said Moore. “It will hold companies to account when Canadians’ personal information has been lost or stolen and it will also give … Read more
Industry Minister James Moore (Port Moody-Westwood-Port Coquitlam, B.C.) met with his provincial and territorial counterparts in Toronto to discuss negotiations and progress on modernizing Canada’s internal trade framework. The meeting sends a strong signal about the importance of the issues being negotiated and the need to accelerate the work toward a new agreement. All ministers agreed … Read more
