FedNor funding for the region

Helping to create jobs and accelerate economic growth throughout the region is the focus of a couple of federal funding announcements.

MP Anthony Rota says $690,000 will help 110 northern businesses and groups promote their products, services and brands at the 2019 Prospectors and Developers Association of Canada (PDAC) International Convention.

The convention goes next March in Toronto.

Rota also announced $366,000 for the City of Temiskaming Shores to hire a bilingual project coordinator for three years, to help strengthen and grow key sectors of the regional economy.

“I am proud to be part of a government that recognizes the unique needs of Nipissing-Timiskaming and all of Northern Ontario, and is investing to support families, businesses and communities. By helping to maximize growth opportunities in the mining and mineral sectors, as well as for our Francophone communities, the Government of Canada is helping fuel our economy and further position Northern Ontario as open for business,” says Rota.

The funding is provided through FedNor’s Northern Ontario Development Program and the Economic Development Initiative (EDI) for Official Language Minority Communities in Northern Ontario.

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