The new Canadian Agricultural Partnership (CAP) was announced in February 2018 and was launched on April 1 2018. CAP is a five-year, $3 billion, federal-provincial-territorial agreement that will replace Growing Forward 2 (GF2). CAP will focus on three key areas: Growing… Read more »
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Vancouver Lunch & Learn at SFU Venture Labs- Government Funding for R&D, Innovation and Growth
When it comes to Government funding for start-ups, most entrepreneurs know about SR&ED and IRAP. However, there are many other Government programs available to assist Canadian businesses with expenses related to R&D, new product development, manufacturing process improvements, tapping into… Read more »
Quebec Budget 2018 Highlights
The 2018 Quebec Budget, tabled on March 27, 2018, reports accelerated gross domestic product (GDP) growth from 1.4% in 2016 to 3% in 2017 and proposes several measures and investments that will impact businesses in Quebec including: Innovation Increasing the… Read more »
Fraser Valley Conference Presentation on Government Funding
On April 5th, 2018, Jaap Siekman will be conducting a presentation entitled “Government Programs to Help Fund the Labour Costs of Your R&D and Innovation Projects” as part of a break-out session at the Fraser Valley Career Connections and Conference,… Read more »
Ontario Budget 2018 Highlights
The Ontario 2018 Budget, tabled on March 28, 2018, projects a growing deficit over the next three years and is predicted to resume a downward trend in 2022 with accumulated deficit expected to decline from 23.2% of gross domestic product… Read more »
Connect & Learn in Burnaby- MetroTech Connect Inaugural MeetUp at i-on-CONNECT
Please join us on Thursday March 15, 2018 at 6pm in the Sanctuary Lounge at i-on-CONNECT for MetroTech’s Connect Inaugural MeetUp to learn more about business financing for tech start-ups. WHO: Attendees: Anyone interested in being part of a network of collaborative, innovative, tech start-up… Read more »
Historic Reform of Funding Programs: Budget 2018 Highlights
Federal Finance Minister Bill Morneau’s third budget, tabled on February 27th, 2018, forecasted a deficit of $18.1B for fiscal 2018, with deficits projected to decline gradually to $12.3B by 2022. Budget 2018 confirmed the announcements made in the 2017 Fall Economic… Read more »
The Fate of Canadian Manufacturing
The Canadian Manufacturing Coalition (CMC) recently sent a letter to Canada’s Federal Minister of Finance, the Honourable William Morneau, on behalf of thousands of members of undersigned manufacturing associations. The letter emphasized the importance of manufacturing to the Canadian economy and urges… Read more »
$950M in Funding Awarded to 5 High Tech Superclusters
Five winners of Canada’s Innovation Supercluster Initiative have been announced to receive $950M over 5 years in non-repayable funding. While announcing the winners on February 15th 2018, Economic Development Minister Navdeep Bains described a supercluster as “a made-in-Canada Silicon Valley that will… Read more »