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Over $8.4 million in funding to support one of the sectors hardest hit by COVID-19 health and safety restrictions
EDMONTON, AB, May 27, 2021 /CNW/ - Tourism has been among the sectors hardest hit by the COVID-19 pandemic due to the unique challenges presented by shutdowns and travel restrictions. Across Western Canada, tourism generates $13.6 billion in economic activity and supports 230,600 jobs, employing a higher proportion of women, youth, and Indigenous people than most other industries. From the outset, the Government of Canada has taken action to help tourism businesses and others survive the pandemic and position them for success when safety restrictions are lifted and the economy recovers.
B.C. auditor general examining sustainability of government-run bus services in northern region
B.C. s Office of the Auditor General is looking at the sustainability of government-run bus services for northern communities, three years after long-haul bus companies shut down operation in the region.
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Posted: May 14, 2021 5:34 PM PT | Last Updated: May 15
B.C. s Office of the Auditor General is examining the sustainability of B.C. Bus North, a ground transportation service jointly funded by the provincial and federal governments for residents of remote northern communities.(B.C. Transit)
The goal of the new partnership is to support and facilitate the development of a sustainable economy for the region. “Our region has been given a unique opportunity to access funds from Western Economic Diversification (WD) Canada to engage the expertise and guidance of highly qualified consultants without utilizing any municipal funds of the ratepayer,” said RM of Estevan Councillor James Trobert. “SSEP was formed not only to attract new economic development and investment in southeast Saskatchewan, but to identify the needs of our existing business community and, where possible, facilitate the necessary climate to assist in growth and expansion of these current businesses.”
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The government of Canada is revising its approach to supporting economic development in the Prairies as vaccinations continue to roll out, but economic restrictions are still holding back the re-emergence of normal economic activity.
The government of Canada is revising its approach to supporting economic development in the Prairies as vaccinations continue to roll out, but economic restrictions are still holding back the re-emergence of normal economic activity.
Mélanie Joly, minister of economic development and official languages and minister responsible for western economic diversification Canada told the
Free Press on Tuesday that along with the creation of a new regional development agency (RDA) for British Columbia, the Prairies regional development agency will have an enhanced annual budget of $150 million, nearly doubling the per capita benefits for the three Prairie province compared to Western Economic Development’s previ
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May 3, 2021 7:39 AM
The funding for Western Economic Diversification remains the same even though British Columbia is no longer in the same group with Alberta, Saskatchewan and Manitoba.
That was the message from the federal government’s Special Representative for the Prairies, Minister Jim Carr to members of the Saskatchewan Chamber of Commerce. He says it will be a federal agency devoted to diversification of the Prairie economy. Carr believes the impact will be significant because there will be considerably more investment for the Prairies.
Its mission and mandate is being discussed now through focus groups to hone in on what the priorities of the new agency should be.