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Chatham-Kent fish processors reel in $1.5M in federal funding
Four fish-processing companies in Chatham-Kent will share nearly $1.5 million in federal money announced Wednesday to help them recover losses due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
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Chatham-Kent fish processors reel in $1.5M in federal funding
Four fish-processing companies in Chatham-Kent will share nearly $1.5 million in federal money announced Wednesday to help them recover losses due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
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To help the hard-hit fish and seafood-processing industry – reeling, like so many others, from the COVID-19 pandemic – the federal government is giving nearly $1.5 million to four Chatham-Kent businesses.
Windsor–Tecumseh MP Irek Kusmierczyk, speaking on behalf of Economic Development Minister Mélanie Joly, said during Wednesday’s announcement the money will come from the Federal Economic Development Agency for Southern Ontario ‘s Regional Relief and Recovery Fund.
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“I’m here to recognize an industry that has been part of Chatham-Kent’s history, culture and economy for a very long time,” Kusmierczyk said. “Chatham-Kent is known as home to the world’s largest freshwater commercial fishing port and is one of Ontario’s key fish and seafood-processing regions.”