Press Release Department: Federal - Western Economic Diversification Canada

On behalf of Minister of State (Western Economic Diversification) Michelle Rempel (Calgary Centre-North, Alta.), Conservative MP Wai Young (Vancouver South, B.C.) announced $775,000 in funding for the Wavefront Wireless Commercialization Centre Society to drive economic growth and facilitate foreign investment for wireless small- and medium-sized enterprises in Western Canada through a Global Expansion Pilot program. The full … Read more

Minister of State (Western Economic Diversification) Michelle Rempel (Calgary Centre-North, Alta.) announced $1.1 million in funding for the University of Lethbridge to help establish the first synthetic biology maker space (Synbridge) in Alberta. The full release is available online. Call 613-220-6208. On behalf of Minister of State (Western Economic Diversification) Michelle Rempel (Calgary Centre-North, Alta.), Chief Government Whip John Duncan (Vancouver … Read more

Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Health and for Western Economic Diversification Cathy McLeod (Kamloops-Thompson-Cariboo, B.C.) announced a $2,039,000 investment for Thompson Rivers University (TRU) to expand the school’s industrial training programs. With this funding, TRU will establish an instrumentation engineering program to support skills training in oil and gas production and processing facilities. This two-year program will … Read more

Minister of State (Western Economic Diversification) Michelle Rempel (Calgary Centre-North, Alta.) announced three investments to support an increase in global awareness of the western Canadian aerospace, defence and security sectors, as well as the unmanned vehicle systems industry at the WestDef 2015 Conference in Calgary, Alberta. The full release is available online. Call 613-220-6208.

On behalf of Minister of State (Western Economic Diversification) Michelle Rempel (Calgary Centre-North, Alta.), Agriculture Minister Gerry Ritz (Battlefords-Lloydminster, Sask.) announced support to Pulse Canada for expansion of the pulse industry. Funding of $3.5 million, through the Western Diversification Program (WDP), enables the industry to increase pulse usage in Canada as well as increase exports to the United … Read more

Minister of State (Western Economic Diversification) Michelle Rempel (Calgary Centre-North, Alta.) announced $1.5 million in funding to assist Keyano College in the delivery of a Heavy Equipment Operator training program in Northern Alberta. This funding will go towards the purchase of four mobile simulators and related equipment that will enable Keyano College to train Aboriginal students for … Read more

Minister of State (Western Economic Diversification) Michelle Rempel (Calgary Centre-North, Alta.) announced an investment from the Government of Canada which will support research into advanced communications to improve public safety. The funding will contribute towards greater coordination across public safety agencies while offering smaller companies the opportunity to test their products. Federal funding of more … Read more

On behalf of Minister of State (Western Economic Diversification) Michelle Rempel (Calgary Centre-North, Alta.), Conservative MP Blake Richards (Wild Rose, Alta.) announced an investment to support the BANFF World Media Festival Foundation (BANFF) in the enhancement of its digital and technological components, in an effort to attract greater international interest in the Western Canadian media … Read more

Minister of State (Western Economic Diversification) Michelle Rempel (Calgary Centre-North, Alta.) announced the creation of two ‘single-window’ Foreign Trade Zone (FTZ) Points in the province of Alberta, to strengthen the region’s international trade capacity. Port Alberta, which serves the Edmonton region, and the Calgary Region Inland Port, will assist in leveraging the province’s role as a … Read more

Minister of State (Western Economic Diversification) Michelle Rempel (Calgary Centre-North, Alta.) announced $1.2 million in funding to help  the Organic Alberta Council’s leadership in the Prairie Organic Grain Initiative (POGI), which works to enhance organic grain and field crop growers’ production, quality and profitability, and to support their participation in trade shows and international missions. The full … Read more