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The Ontario government is providing more than $2.6 million through the Northern Ontario Heritage Fund Corporation (NOHFC) to 16 economic development projects in Northwestern Ontario. This investment will help build a stronger Ontario by creating good-paying jobs, expanding business operations, supporting critical infrastructure and improving quality of life in the North.

“Through targeted investments, our government is building strong, resilient and prosperous communities,” said Greg Rickford, Minister of Northern Development, Mines, Natural Resources and Forestry. “We are keeping the Northwest competitive and current.”

Projects receiving NOHFC funding include:

• $630,000 for the Township of Sioux Narrows-Nestor Falls to build a roof over the community outdoor rink and $316,100 to develop outdoor features at the Northern Ontario Sport Fishing Centre, including nature-themed children’s play structures, interactive displays, an accessible pathway, and a northern lights observation deck.
• $344,282 for Brielmann Agriculture Ltd. – a farming operation in Pinewood – to purchase a grain elevator.
• $200,000 for Naotkamegwanning Business Corporation to establish Tricksters Coffee Co. – a coffee roas

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  Greg Rickford

  Mr. Speaker, I am pleased to rise to respond to the hon. member for Nanaimo—Cowichan's question.

  The government is committed to supporting aboriginal people and northerners by providing them with improved access to healthy food. The Government of Canada has many programs in place that contribute to food accessibility and security for aboriginal people and northerners.

  Nutrition North Canada is one of these programs. It is a retail subsidy program that improves access to perishable and healthy food in isolated northern communities without year-round surface transportation.

  Since the program’s launch on April 1, 2011, Nutrition North Canada has provided retailers, suppliers and country food processors with subsidies for a variety of perishable foods including fruit, vegetables, milk, eggs, meat, cheese and bread. Subsidies are also provided for country or traditional foods that are commercially processed in the north, such as arctic char, muskox and caribou.

  With an Advisory Board made up of northerners to help guide the program, Nutrition North Canada currently benefits 103 remote northern communities in Saskatchewan, Manitoba, Ontario, Quebec, Newfoundland and Labrador, Yukon, Northwest Territories and Nunavut.

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