ACOA grants Springboard Atlantic $9.8 million to aid research commercialization
Springboard’s 19 member institutions contributed an additional $5.2 million to the organization.
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Applications open for Innovate BC’s Ignite program to fund local R&D projects
Grants of up to $300,000 are available to BC initiatives in cleantech, energy, mining, agriculture.
ITIF president wonders whether Canada has the “political will” to fix its productivity issues
Rob Atkinson pines for a “killer instinct” while launching the CCIC.
Feds set hard cap on Start-up Visa program applications, pause self-employed persons program
Last year, the feds targeted 3,500 SUV applications in 2024. Now, it’s a maximum of 840.
Hydrogen power projects receive $57 million in funding from Alberta government
Alberta government wants to make the province the “hydrogen capital of Canada.”
Capital gains tax changes not included in feds’ Budget 2024 motion bill
Freeland continued to back tax changes but dodged questions about their absence from the motion.
Feds, province contribute nearly $85 million to IBM’s Québec semiconductor expansion plans
The funding is part of IBM’s $1-billion plan to develop its operations in Bromont.
How Canada’s capital gains tax changes might impact Canadian tech
BetaKit breaks down changes for tech founders, funders, workers, and firms.
#Budget2024 emergency pod: spoiling for a fight
Canadian tech’s trust battery for the feds’ approach to innovation policy has drained.
FinTech leaders say “devil is in the details” with #Budget2024 open banking promises
Questions still remain on how open banking will work and when it will launch.
Capital gains tax changes strike a nerve with Canadian tech ecosystem
Over 750 leaders have already signed an open letter calling on feds to reverse course.
What’s in #Budget2024 for Canadian tech?
All eyes in Canadian tech are on AI, open banking, cleantech, and… taxes?
As FinTech sector anticipates open banking in Budget 2024, Payments Canada reveals no Real-Time Rail until at least 2026
Payments Canada did not share when it hopes to officially launch the RTR payment system.
Business leaders urge feds to require public pension funds to invest at home
Feds’ proposal to encourage more domestic investment risks compromising funds’ mandates, detractors say.
CleanBC program investigation prompts fear of provincial startup fallout from cleantech and grant experts
“The first people that lose out are the companies [that] the program was set up for.”