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Rural Priorities

Rural Canadians have identified the following 11 areas for focused attention:
  • Access to federal government programs and services;


  • Access to financial resources for rural business and community development;


  • Programs and services for rural and Aboriginal youth;


  • Rural community capacity building, leadership and skills development;


  • Infrastructure for community development;


  • Skills and technology to participate in the knowledge-based economy;


  • Economic diversification in rural Canada through more targeted assistance;


  • Access to health care at reasonable cost;


  • Access to education at reasonable cost;


  • Strategic partnerships to facilitate rural community development; and


  • Promoting rural Canada as a place to live, work and raise a family.

     

Date Modified: 2001-08-31