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Canada Newfoundland Agreement on Provincial Nominees
The Provincial Nominee Program is now being administered by the Department of Human Resources, Labour and Employment. For information on this program please click the link below.
 Provincial Nominee Program Website
Funding Agreement Helps Local Exporters
Innovation, Trade and Rural Development and Export Development Canada have entered into an agreement to provide working capital to small and medium-sized businesses expanding into the global marketplace. The Honourable Trevor Taylor, Minister of Innovation, Trade and Rural Development, and Jim Christie, Vice-President, Channel Management and Strategic Programs for Export Development Canada,
announced the Master Pre-Shipment Financing Guarantee Agreement, to encourage
small and medium-sized businesses to invest in the growth and expansion of their
businesses. To learn more follow the link below:
Master Pre-Shipment Financing Guarantee Agreement Program
Release of the 2006-2008 Strategic Plan
2006-08 Strategic Plan of the Department of Innovation,
Trade and Rural Development
Publications Web Page
The Publications page contains a list of publications from the Department of Innovation, Trade and Rural Development in PDF format. To access this page click the "Publications" link in the sidebar of the INTRD home page or follow the link below.
Go To Publications Page
Release of Report on Fibre Optic Initiative
Independent Review of Persona Communications Trans Gulf Proposal
Report Excerpts: Trans-Gulf Benefits and Valuation, Review of
Persona Communication Proposal
Atlantic Canadian Companies Go on Trade Mission to Florida
A delegation of eight companies from Atlantic Canada will be in Florida from October 29 to November 2, 2006 to investigate their business potential. The companies participating in this trade mission are all small and medium-sized manufacturers of consumer products, including giftware, clothing and home décor item.
News release
Government Salutes Small- and Medium Sized Business
Small Business Week October 15-21, 2006
The Honourable Trevor Taylor, Minister of Innovation, Trade and Rural Development, and the Honourable Kevin O’Brien, Minister of Business, wish to remind all Newfoundlanders and Labradorians of the immeasurable contributions small and medium-sized enterprises make to the economy of our province.
News release
Programs encourage innovation in businesses and economic development groups
Trevor Taylor, Minister of Innovation, Trade and Rural Development, released
the details of two programs to encourage innovation in businesses and
economic development organizations in Newfoundland and Labrador. The
programs,
Innovation Newfoundland and Labrador: A
Blueprint for Prosperity.
“Innovation improves economic and social well-being by encouraging new
ideas, products and services that generate economic activity,” said Minister
Taylor. “Taking innovative products to market can be risky, however, and may
require considerable investment. Government seeks to stimulate innovation in
the province by sharing these risks.”
Commercialization Program
Innovation Enhancement Program
Cabinet changes
Premier Danny Williams announced a restructuring of his Cabinet, which
included the appointment of Hon. Trevor Taylor as Minister of
Minister of Innovation, Trade and Rural
Development and Minister Responsible for the Rural Secretariat.
Premier announces changes to Cabinet
 Innovation
Newfoundland and Labrador: A Blueprint for Prosperity
Premier Danny Williams, along with Kathy Dunderdale, Minister of
Innovation, Trade and Rural Development and Minister responsible for the
Rural Secretariat, and Joan Burke, Minister of Education, launched the
Newfoundland and Labrador Innovation Strategy on March 27, 2006.
Innovation Strategy main page
News release: March 27, 2006
Innovation
Strategy Report (PDF)
Innovation
Strategy brochure (PDF)
Hi-Point Industries wins
2006 Exporter of the Year Award
The Minister of Innovation, Trade and Rural Development, Kathy
Dunderdale, announced that Hi-Point Industries Ltd. of Bishops Falls is the
winner of the 2006 Exporter of the Year Award. The other finalists for the
award were BAE-Newplan Group Limited of Mount Pearl and C&W Industrial
Fabrication and Marine Equipment Ltd. of Bay Bulls.
Export
Awards information
Government to study province’s long-term advanced network needs Kathy
Dunderdale, Minister of Innovation, Trade and Rural Development, has
announced the provincial government is reviewing all government
telecommunications requirements with the intention of creating a
province-wide advanced computer network.
Background
report (PDF)
News
release
Two new financial programs Minister
Kathy Dunderdale announced the criteria of two
new financial programs that form part of government’s Comprehensive
Regional Diversification Strategy announced in March 2005. The new
Regional/Sectoral Diversification Fund is designed to help non-profit,
economic development groups undertake local economic development projects.
The Small and Medium-Sized Enterprise Fund helps small and medium-sized
businesses engaged in strategic growth sectors.
Regional/Sectoral Diversification
Fund
Small
Medium Enterprise Fund
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