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SQI Diagnostics Secures Up To $2 Million in FedDev Ontario Funding

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Thursday, November 10, 2022
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By developing first-of-its-kind innovative medical technologies, SQI Diagnostics Inc. is harnessing the talent in the region and creating good local jobs."

Key Points: 
  • By developing first-of-its-kind innovative medical technologies, SQI Diagnostics Inc. is harnessing the talent in the region and creating good local jobs."
  • SQI Diagnostics is driven to create and market life-saving testing technologies that help more people in more places live longer, healthier lives.
  • For 13 years, the Government of Canada, through FedDev Ontario, has worked to advance and diversify the southern Ontario economy through funding opportunities and business services that support innovation, growth and job creation in Canada's most populous region.
  • Learn more about the impacts the Agency is having in southern Ontario by exploring our pivotal projects, our Southern Ontario Spotlight, and FedDev Ontario's Twitter, Facebook, Instagram and LinkedIn.

NOVONIX Launches New Pilot Production Facility for Cathode Materials

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Tuesday, November 8, 2022
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HALIFAX, Nova Scotia, Nov. 08, 2022 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- NOVONIX Limited (NASDAQ: NVX, ASX: NVX, OTCQX: NVNXF) (NOVONIX or the Company), a leading battery materials and technology company, today announced the opening of its new pilot production facility aimed to position NOVONIX as an industry leader in cathode technology.

Key Points: 
  • HALIFAX, Nova Scotia, Nov. 08, 2022 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- NOVONIX Limited (NASDAQ: NVX, ASX: NVX, OTCQX: NVNXF) (NOVONIX or the Company), a leading battery materials and technology company, today announced the opening of its new pilot production facility aimed to position NOVONIX as an industry leader in cathode technology.
  • This pilot scale facility will allow the Company to demonstrate the feasibility of large-scale production, with the production target of up to 10 tonnes per annum.
  • Launching our cathode pilot facility is another significant step in NOVONIXs efforts to pioneer a North American battery supply chain and revolutionize the sector with high quality materials and more efficient production methods, said Chris Burns, Founder and CEO of NOVONIX.
  • NOVONIX is committed to enhancing the production of cathode material through its proprietary process while providing scalable solutions that address skyrocketing battery materials demand.

Minister O'Regan Highlights Investments in Skills for a Net-Zero Economy

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Wednesday, November 9, 2022
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ST. JOHN'S, NL, Nov. 9, 2022 /CNW/ - Minister of Labour Seamus O'Regan met with Trades NL and the Ironworkers to highlight investments in the skills and education workers need for the jobs they want.

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  • ST. JOHN'S, NL, Nov. 9, 2022 /CNW/ - Minister of Labour Seamus O'Regan met with Trades NL and the Ironworkers to highlight investments in the skills and education workers need for the jobs they want.
  • The world is looking for renewable energy, and investors are prioritizing jurisdictions that take climate change seriously.
  • Canadian workers will lead the way to a net-zero economy that works for everyone.
  • The federal debt-to-GDP ratio is projected to continuously decline and is on a steeper downward track than projected in Budget 2022.

Minister Champagne visits the Saskatchewan Indian Institute of Technologies and highlights the government's plan to build an economy that works for everyone

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Wednesday, November 9, 2022
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The government is also moving forward with its ambitious plan to strengthen industry and build a thriving net-zero economy with opportunities and jobs.

Key Points: 
  • The government is also moving forward with its ambitious plan to strengthen industry and build a thriving net-zero economy with opportunities and jobs.
  • The Minister highlighted the government's investments in jobs and skills and heard directly about Indigenous innovations happening in Saskatchewan in the tech and agritech sectors.
  • The federal government's fiscal anchorthe unwinding of COVID-19-related deficits and reduction of the federal debt-to-GDP ratio over the medium termremains unchanged.
  • The federal debt-to-GDP ratio is projected to continuously decline and is on a steeper downward track than projected in Budget 2022.

Minister Gould highlights affordability, early learning and child care and the government's plan to build an economy that works for everyone

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Tuesday, November 8, 2022
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This is a result of an investment of more than $27billion over five years as part of Budget 2021 to build a Canada-wide early learning and child care system with provinces and territories.

Key Points: 
  • This is a result of an investment of more than $27billion over five years as part of Budget 2021 to build a Canada-wide early learning and child care system with provinces and territories.
  • And it lays out an ambitious plan to strengthen industry and build a thriving net-zero economy with opportunities and jobs.
  • The federal government's fiscal anchorthe unwinding of COVID-19-related deficits and reducing the federal debt-to-GDP ratio over the medium termremains unchanged.
  • Combined with other investments, including in Indigenous early learning and child care, up to $30 billion over five years will be provided in support of early learning and child care.

Connecting Canadians with high-speed Internet in New Brunswick and across Canada

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Tuesday, November 8, 2022
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The top-up will help connect an additional 60,000 rural homes across Canada to help achieve our goal of providing every community, in every province and territory, with high-speed Internet access.

Key Points: 
  • The top-up will help connect an additional 60,000 rural homes across Canada to help achieve our goal of providing every community, in every province and territory, with high-speed Internet access.
  • This expansion means that we have a plan to ensure that every home in New Brunswick has high-speed Internet access by 2030.
  • Through this partnership, we are helping connect hundreds of thousands of low-income families and seniors to affordable high-speed Internet.
  • To provide Canadians with the latest information on the government's progress toward accessing universal high-speed Internet, the government also published an interactive High-Speed Internet Access Dashboard today.

Government of Canada makes significant investment in Alberta's clean hydrogen sector and outlines next steps to help Canadian industry sectors cut pollution

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Tuesday, November 8, 2022
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Hydrogen is one of the key elements for our path to net zero, and that's why we're making these important investments in Canada's energy sector.

Key Points: 
  • Hydrogen is one of the key elements for our path to net zero, and that's why we're making these important investments in Canada's energy sector.
  • "Today's announcement is an historic investment in the net-zero economy of the future and in the Edmonton region.
  • "Alberta is Canada's hydrogen powerhouse, and projects like this will create jobs, diversify the economy and build additional clean energy capacity for use across Western Canada.
  • Investing in an Edmonton-based clean hydrogen facility will help with our city's post-pandemic economic recovery efforts and will allow Canada to advance clean energy in the global hydrogen market.

Air Products to Receive Approximately $475 Million (CAD) in Funding for Alberta, Canada Net-Zero Hydrogen Energy Complex from Government Energy Transition Programs

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Tuesday, November 8, 2022
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LEHIGH VALLEY, Pa., Nov. 8, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- At a news conference today in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada, the Canadian federal and provincial governments announced approximately $475 million (CAD) in project funding for Air Products' multi-billion-dollar landmark net-zero hydrogen energy complex in Alberta. The facility, already being executed, will make Edmonton, Alberta the centre of western Canada's hydrogen economy and set the stage for Air Products to operate one of the most competitive and lowest-carbon-intensity hydrogen networks in the world.

Key Points: 
  • LEHIGH VALLEY, Pa., Nov. 8, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- At a news conference today in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada, the Canadian federal and provincial governments announced approximately $475 million (CAD) in project funding for Air Products' multi-billion-dollar landmark net-zero hydrogen energy complex in Alberta.
  • It shows what is possible when effective collaboration and governmental support align to drive the energy transition," said Ghasemi.
  • With more than $161 million in funding for Air Products' clean hydrogen facility, we are creating jobs, growing the energy sector and bringing clean hydrogen to customers across Western Canada."
  • Air Products Canada currently operates three hydrogen production facilities in Alberta, and a 55-kilometer hydrogen pipeline in the Alberta Industrial Heartland.

Minister Wilkinson Highlights Government's Clean Tech Tax Credit Plan to Build an Economy That Works for Everyone

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Tuesday, November 8, 2022
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Today, the Honourable Jonathan Wilkinson, Minister of Natural Resources, met with Vice President Operations, Elizabeth Thorsen, and other representatives from Foresight Canada to highlight the new refundable tax credit for clean technology companies as announced in the Fall Economic Statement 2022 : Building an Economy That Works for Everyone.

Key Points: 
  • Today, the Honourable Jonathan Wilkinson, Minister of Natural Resources, met with Vice President Operations, Elizabeth Thorsen, and other representatives from Foresight Canada to highlight the new refundable tax credit for clean technology companies as announced in the Fall Economic Statement 2022 : Building an Economy That Works for Everyone.
  • The proposed tax credit would provide a refundable tax credit equal to 30 per cent of the capital cost of investments in:
    industrial zero-emission vehicles and related charging or refueling equipment.
  • Helping Canadian companies adopt clean technologies will create jobs, ensure Canadian businesses remain globally competitive, and reduce Canada's emissions at the same time.
  • The federal government's fiscal anchorthe unwinding of COVID-19-related deficits and reducing the federal debt-to-GDP ratio over the medium termremains unchanged.

Minister Mendicino discusses how 2022 Fall Economic Statement will help families in Windsor-Essex

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Tuesday, November 8, 2022
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To help families with mounting costs, like rising prices at the checkout counter, the government is delivering targeted support to those who need it the most.

Key Points: 
  • To help families with mounting costs, like rising prices at the checkout counter, the government is delivering targeted support to those who need it the most.
  • The Honourable Marco Mendicino, Minister of Public Safety, today joined LiUNA 625 to discuss how the Fall Economic Statement will make life more affordable for workers and families in the Windsor-Essex region.
  • The Fall Economic Statement outlines next steps in the government's plan to make housing more affordable, including by helping people save to buy a home and cracking down on house flipping.
  • "The Fall Economic Statement is a responsible plan to make life more affordable, grow the economy and create good jobs in Windsor-Essex.