Innovation, Science and Economic Development CanadaCanada News Centre2024-03-27T14:31:58-04:00https://www.canada.ca/en/news.htmlhttps://www.canada.ca/etc/designs/canada/wet-boew/assets/wmms-blk.svgBackgrounder: Governments of Canada and Alberta invest over $112 million to bring high-speed Internet access to more than 22,500 householdshttps://www.canada.ca/en/innovation-science-economic-development/news/2024/03/backgrounder-governments-of-canada-and-alberta-invest-over-112-million-to-bring-high-speed-internet-access-to-more-than-22500-households.htmlOn March 5, 2024, the Honourable Gudie Hutchings, Minister of Rural Economic Development and Minister responsible for the Atlantic Canada Opportunities Agency, together with the Honourable Nate Glubish, Alberta’s Minister of Technology and Innovation, announced over $112 million in combined federal and provincial funding to bring high-speed Internet access to over 22,500 households in rural and remote communities across Alberta.Innovation, Science and Economic Development Canada2024-03-05T17:51:55-05:00Backgrounder: Governments of Canada and British Columbia invest to improve high-speed Internet access across British Columbiahttps://www.canada.ca/en/innovation-science-economic-development/news/2024/03/backgrounder-governments-of-canada-and-british-columbia-invest-to-improve-high-speed-internet-access-across-british-columbia.htmlOn March 4, 2024, the Honourable Gudie Hutchings, Minister of Rural Economic Development and Minister responsible for the Atlantic Canada Opportunities Agency, together with the Honourable George Chow, British Columbia’s (B.C.) Minister of Citizens’ Services, announced combined federal and provincial funding to improve high-speed Internet access in communities across British Columbia.Innovation, Science and Economic Development Canada2024-03-04T19:42:30-05:00Backgrounder: Governments of Canada and British Columbia invest over $58 million to bring high-speed Internet access to over 5,400 householdshttps://www.canada.ca/en/innovation-science-economic-development/news/2023/09/backgrounder-governments-of-canada-and-british-columbia-invest-over-58-million-to-bring-high-speed-internet-access-to-over-5400-households.htmlOn September 7, 2023, the Honourable Gudie Hutchings, Minister of Rural Economic Development and Minister responsible for the Atlantic Canada Opportunities Agency, together with the Honourable Lisa Beare, British Columbia's Minister of Citizens' Services, announced over $58 million in federal and provincial funding to bring high-speed Internet access to over 5,400 households in rural and remote communities in the Columbia Basin area of British Columbia.Innovation, Science and Economic Development Canada2023-09-07T16:07:22-04:00Backgrounder: Government of Canada invests nearly $1.2 million to bring high-speed Internet access to over 1,600 households in Cape Breton, Nova Scotiahttps://www.canada.ca/en/innovation-science-economic-development/news/2023/09/backgrounder-government-of-canada-invests-nearly-12-million-to-bring-high-speed-internet-access-to-over-1600-households-in-cape-breton-nova-scotia.htmlOn September 5, 2023, the Honourable Gudie Hutchings, Minister of Rural Economic Development and Minister responsible for the Atlantic Canada Opportunities Agency, together with Mike Kelloway, Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Fisheries, Oceans and the Canadian Coast Guard, and Jaime Battiste, Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Crown-Indigenous Relations, announced nearly $1.2 million in federal funding to bring high-speed Internet access to over 1,600 households, including over 440 Indigenous households, in 16 rural and remote communities on Cape Breton Island, Nova Scotia.Innovation, Science and Economic Development Canada2023-09-05T13:15:02-04:00Backgrounder: Governments of Canada and Alberta invest over $96 million to bring high-speed Internet access to more than 10,000 homeshttps://www.canada.ca/en/innovation-science-economic-development/news/2023/07/backgrounder-governments-of-canada-and-alberta-invest-over-96-million-to-bring-high-speed-internet-access-to-more-than-10000-homes.htmlOn July 11, 2023, the Honourable Gudie Hutchings, Minister of Rural Economic Development, together with the Honourable Nate Glubish, Alberta’s Minister of Technology and Innovation, announced over $96 million in combined federal and provincial funding to bring high-speed Internet access to over 10,000 homes in rural and remote communities across Alberta.Innovation, Science and Economic Development Canada2023-07-11T12:37:31-04:00Backgrounder: Governments of Canada and Ontario invest over $71 million to bring high-speed Internet access to more than 22,000 homeshttps://www.canada.ca/en/innovation-science-economic-development/news/2023/06/backgrounder-governments-of-canada-and-ontario-invest-over-71-million-to-bring-high-speed-internet-access-to-more-than-22000-homes.htmlOn June 15, 2023, the Honourable Gudie Hutchings, Minister of Rural Economic Development, together with the Honourable Kinga Surma, Ontario’s Minister of Infrastructure, and Goldie Ghamari, Member of Provincial Parliament for Carleton, announced over $71 million in combined federal and provincial funding to bring high-speed Internet access to over 22,000 homes in underserved communities across eastern Ontario.Innovation, Science and Economic Development Canada2023-06-15T12:45:09-04:00Backgrounder: Governments of Canada and Ontario invest over $61 million to bring high-speed Internet access to more than 16,000 homes and businesses in Ontariohttps://www.canada.ca/en/innovation-science-economic-development/news/2023/03/backgrounder-governments-of-canada-and-ontario-invest-over-61-million-to-bring-high-speed-internet-access-to-more-than-16000-homes-and-businesses-i.htmlOn March 3, 2023, the governments of Canada and Ontario announced over $61 million in combined federal and provincial funding for Bell Canada, the Northwestern Ontario Innovation Centre and Keewaytinook Okimakanak to bring high-speed Internet access to more than 16,000 homes and businesses in rural Ontario.Innovation, Science and Economic Development Canada2023-03-03T14:39:23-05:00Backgrounder: Governments of Canada and Ontario invest over $48 million to bring high-speed Internet access to more than 3,800 homes in Ontariohttps://www.canada.ca/en/innovation-science-economic-development/news/2023/03/governments-of-canada-and-ontario-invest-over-48-million-to-bring-high-speed-internet-access-to-more-than-3800-homes-in-ontario.htmlOn March 2, 2023, Paul Chiang, Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Housing and Diversity and Inclusion (Diversity and Inclusion), and Tony Van Bynen, Member of Parliament for Newmarket–Aurora, on behalf of the Honourable Gudie Hutchings, Minister of Rural Economic Development, along with Amarjot Sandhu, Parliamentary Assistant to Ontario’s Minister of Infrastructure, on behalf of the Honourable Kinga Surma, Ontario’s Minister of Infrastructure, and Dawn Gallagher Murphy, Member of Provincial Parliament for Newmarket–Aurora, announced more than $48 million in combined funding for YorkNet to bring high-speed Internet access to over 3,800 homes in Ontario communities. Innovation, Science and Economic Development Canada2023-03-02T08:51:01-05:00Governments of Canada and Newfoundland and Labrador invest up to $94 million to bring high-speed Internet to more than 36,000 homeshttps://www.canada.ca/en/innovation-science-economic-development/news/2023/02/governments-of-canada-and-newfoundland-and-labrador-invest-up-to-94million-to-bring-high-speed-internet-to-more-than-36000homes.htmlOn February 22, 2023, the Honourable Gudie Hutchings, Minister of Rural Economic Development, and Ken McDonald, Member of Parliament for Avalon, together with the Honourable Sarah Stoodley, Minister of Digital Government and Service NL, announced up to $94 million in federal and provincial funding to bring high-speed Internet access to over 36,000 homes in rural, remote and Indigenous communities across Newfoundland and Labrador.Innovation, Science and Economic Development Canada2023-02-22T09:42:40-05:00Backgrounder: Global Innovation Clusters selected projectshttps://www.canada.ca/en/innovation-science-economic-development/news/2023/02/backgrounder-global-innovation-clusters-selected-projects.htmlThe Global Innovation Clusters are recognized for their scale, ambition and ability to drive impactful commercialization outcomes.Innovation, Science and Economic Development Canada2023-02-13T14:00:09-05:00Government of Canada invests up to $31 million to bring high-speed Internet access to over 4,700 households in Nova Scotiahttps://www.canada.ca/en/innovation-science-economic-development/news/2022/12/government-of-canada-invests-up-to-31-million-to-bring-high-speed-internet-access-to-over-4700households-in-nova-scotia.htmlOn December 19, 2022, the Honourable Sean Fraser, Minister of Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship, on behalf of the Honourable Gudie Hutchings, Minister of Rural Economic Development, announced up to $31 million in federal funding for the Municipality of Pictou County to bring high-speed Internet access to over 4,700 households in communities throughout Nova Scotia. Innovation, Science and Economic Development Canada2022-12-19T09:22:09-05:00Updated Backgrounder: An Act to amend the Investment Canada Acthttps://www.canada.ca/en/innovation-science-economic-development/news/2022/12/an-act-to-amend-the-investment-canada-act.htmlThe Investment Canada Act (ICA) provides for both net benefit and national security reviews of foreign investments into Canada. The ICA was established to provide investor certainty while reserving Canada’s ability to block individual investments under specific circumstancesInnovation, Science and Economic Development Canada2022-12-07T17:01:27-05:00Governments of Canada and British Columbia invest $5.2 million to bring high-speed Internet to more than 1,100 householdshttps://www.canada.ca/en/innovation-science-economic-development/news/2022/11/governments-of-canada-and-british-columbia-invest-52-million-to-bring-high-speed-internet-to-more-than-1100households.htmlOn November 25, 2022, the Honourable Gudie Hutchings, Minister of Rural Economic Development, together with Michele Babchuk, Member of the Legislative Assembly for North Island, announced $5.2 million in federal and provincial funding to bring high-speed Internet access to over 1,100 households on and around Vancouver Island, in British Columbia.Innovation, Science and Economic Development Canada2022-11-25T13:53:41-05:00Governments of Canada and Alberta announce investment of up to $70.6 million to bring high-speed Internet to over 10,400 households in Albertahttps://www.canada.ca/en/innovation-science-economic-development/news/2022/09/governments-of-canada-and-alberta-announce-investment-of-up-to-706million-to-bring-high-speed-internet-to-over-10400households-in-alberta.htmlResidents of rural communities to benefit from increased connectivity to high-speed InternetInnovation, Science and Economic Development Canada2022-09-23T15:00:48-04:00The Government of Canada announces $55 million to bring high-speed Internet to nearly 11,000 homes throughout New Brunswickhttps://www.canada.ca/en/innovation-science-economic-development/news/2022/06/the-government-of-canada-announces-55-million-to-bring-high-speed-internet-to-nearly-11000-homes-throughout-new-brunswick.htmlrural, remote and Indigenous communities across New Brunswick Innovation, Science and Economic Development Canada2022-06-03T09:53:14-04:00Government of Canada is taking immediate action by investing more than $1.5 million in funding for Island Telecom and Xplornet to bring high-speed Internet to over 1,000 homes in rural Prince Edward Islandhttps://www.canada.ca/en/innovation-science-economic-development/news/2022/06/government-of-canada-is-taking-immediate-action-by-investing-more-than-15-million-in-funding-for-island-telecom-and-xplornet-to-bring-high-speed-in.htmlOn June 2, 2022, the Honourable Gudie Hutchings, Minister of Rural Economic Development, announced the following Universal Broadband Fund (UBF) projects:Innovation, Science and Economic Development Canada2022-06-02T11:07:43-04:00Government of Canada invests to bring high-speed Internet access to more rural households in Ontariohttps://www.canada.ca/en/innovation-science-economic-development/news/2022/05/government-of-canada-invests-to-bring-high-speed-internet-access-to-more-rural-households-in-ontario.htmlGovernment of Canada invests to bring high-speed Internet access to more rural households in OntarioInnovation, Science and Economic Development Canada2022-05-03T10:05:02-04:00Governments of Canada and Ontario invest to bring high-speed Internet access to more rural households and First Nation communitieshttps://www.canada.ca/en/innovation-science-economic-development/news/2022/04/governments-of-canada-and-ontario-invest-to-bring-high-speed-internet-access-to-more-rural-households-and-first-nation-communities.htmlOn April 19, 2022, the Honourable Patty Hajdu, Minister of Indigenous Services and Minister responsible for the Federal Economic Development Agency for Northern Ontario, on behalf of the Honourable Gudie Hutchings, Minister of Rural Economic Development, together with the Honourable Kinga Surma, Ontario’s Minister of Infrastructure, announced more than $56 million in new combined federal and provincial funding for six projects to bring high-speed Internet access to that following communities in northern and southwestern Ontario, including several First Nation communities. Innovation, Science and Economic Development Canada2022-05-02T12:00:36-04:00Governments of Canada and Ontario invest to bring high-speed Internet access to more rural householdshttps://www.canada.ca/en/innovation-science-economic-development/news/2022/03/governments-of-canada-and-ontario-invest-to-bring-high-speed-internet-access-to-more-rural-households.htmlOn March 29, 2022, Irek Kusmierczyk, Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Employment, Workforce Development and Disability Inclusion, on behalf of the Honourable Gudie Hutchings, Minister of Rural Economic Development, along with Bob Bailey, Member of Provincial Parliament for Sarnia–Lambton, on behalf of the Honourable Kinga Surma, Ontario’s Minister of Infrastructure, announced the following Universal Broadband Fund and Improving Connectivity for Ontario projectsInnovation, Science and Economic Development Canada2022-03-29T12:43:44-04:00Governments of Canada and Ontario invest to bring high-speed Internet to rural householdshttps://www.canada.ca/en/innovation-science-economic-development/news/2022/03/governments-of-canada-and-ontario-invest-to-bring-high-speed-internet-torural-households.htmlOn March 25, 2022, Bryan May, Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of National Defence, on behalf of the Honourable Gudie Hutchings, Minister of Rural Economic Development; and Ernie Hardeman, Member of Provincial Parliament for Oxford, on behalf of the Honourable Kinga Surma, Ontario’s Minister of Infrastructure, announced the following Universal Broadband Fund and Improving Connectivity for Ontario projectsInnovation, Science and Economic Development Canada2022-03-25T12:29:35-04:00Backgrounder – The Canada Digital Adoption Programhttps://www.canada.ca/en/innovation-science-economic-development/news/2022/03/backgrounder--the-canada-digital-adoption-program.htmlThe Canada Digital Adoption Program (CDAP) has been established to help small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) realize their full potential by adopting digital technologies. Announced in Budget 2021, the $4 billion program is an investment of $1.4 billion in grants and advisory services to SMEs from the Government of Canada and up to $2.6 billion in loans from the Business Development Bank of Canada to help businesses cover the costs of implementing new digital technologies.Innovation, Science and Economic Development Canada2022-03-03T10:14:58-05:00Government of Canada invests over $41 million to bring high-speed Internet to 5,806 households in Alberta - Backgrounderhttps://www.canada.ca/en/innovation-science-economic-development/news/2022/02/government-of-canada-invests-over-41-million-to-bring-high-speed-internet-to-2676households-in-alberta---backgrounder.htmlOn February 9, 2022, the Honourable Randy Boissonnault, Minister of Tourism and Associate Minister of Finance, and George Chahal, Member of Parliament for Calgary Skyview, on behalf of the Honourable Gudie Hutchings, Minister of Rural Economic Development, announced the following Universal Broadband Fund (UBF) Rapid Response Stream projects:Innovation, Science and Economic Development Canada2022-03-15T17:47:08-04:00