Canada announced more than 11.2 million Canadian dollars for eight projects in Saskatchewan. The package combines repayable financing for business growth and productivity with non-repayable assistance for tariff adaptation. Allocations cover fertilizer and pasta production, manufacturing expansion, food facilities and trade infrastructure. The regional agency says the projects support more than 147 jobs, rather than identifying them all as newly created positions.
Canada announced more than 11.2 million Canadian dollars for eight projects in Saskatchewan, a province in western Canada, on 9 October. Prairies Economic Development Canada, the federal regional development agency known as PrairiesCan, is administering the support. The package combines non-repayable tariff-response assistance with repayable financing for business growth and productivity.[1], [2]
Four projects receive a combined 7,645,224 Canadian dollars through the Business Scale-up and Productivity programme, which offers interest-free repayable support to qualifying businesses. Fertilizer producer Northern Nutrients receives 3.1 million Canadian dollars for a second specialised sulphur-fertilizer facility in Saskatoon. Solo Italia Fine Pasta and South West Terminal receive 1.15 million Canadian dollars for pasta production equipment in Swift Current.[1]
Manufacturer M.P.S. Welding receives 2,607,724 Canadian dollars to expand manufacturing in Pierceland and add downhole sand-control products for western Canada’s heavy-oil sector. Titan Clean Energy Projects receives 787,500 Canadian dollars for modular manufacturing lines at its biomass-processing facility in Craik. These locations are in Saskatchewan.[1]
Four non-repayable contributions total 3,578,100 Canadian dollars under the Regional Tariff Response Initiative, Canada’s regional tariff-support programme. South West Terminal and Solo Italia receive 966,850 Canadian dollars for retrofits and cold storage. Food producer Three Farmers Foods receives 1 million Canadian dollars for production and market development. A short-line railway association receives 611,400 Canadian dollars for trade-corridor mapping, and manufacturer Honey Bee receives 999,850 Canadian dollars for information technology and market expansion. PrairiesCan says the projects support more than 147 jobs.[1]
