" Southwestern Manitoba has a unique landscape, and is home to an array of business and economic opportunities.
PrairiesCan will continue to serve as an investor, convener and pathfinder supporting businesses, innovation, and communities to build a strong, competitive Prairie economy that benefits everyone. Southwestern Manitoba is a key part of that new chapter. Today's announcement marks a new chapter for PrairiesCan.
BRANDON MANITOBA ICONOMY UPGRADE
Fern Valley Recreation Commission / Municipality of Grasslands received $151,745 to upgrade campground facilities at Whitewater Recreation Park in Elgin.Municipality of Deloraine – Winchester received $178,875 to revitalize the downtown core of Deloraine.Municipality of Oakland – Wawanesareceived $75,429 to enhance green space and revitalize Riverbend Park in Wawanesa.received $1,000,000 to increase high voltage bushing and bushing sensor production by introducing new equipment and hiring staff to augment the capacity of its existing manufacturing process. Assiniboine Community College received $2,200,000 to establish a Centre for Creative Media in Brandon to support digital industries in rural Manitoba.Projects supported in this announcement include: While in Brandon, Minister Vandal announced PrairiesCan investments totalling more than $3.6 million for five projects in the region. It complements PrairiesCan's long-standing Winnipeg office and new Thompson location, which opened in August to serve economic development needs in northern Manitoba. The new location in Brandon will bring a sharper focus to southwestern Manitoba's unique economic development opportunities. Today, the Honourable Dan Vandal, Minister of Northern Affairs, Minister responsible for PrairiesCan and Minister responsible CanNor Agency officially opened one of seven new PrairiesCan service locations. MDI Holdings Corp.-invested $100 million to build a new dairy- processing plant in Winnipeg.Minister Vandal opens new PrairiesCan service location and announces federal investments in Manitoba’s Westman region (CNW Group/Prairies Economic Development Canada).Maple Leaf Foods-investing $35 million to create 68 jobs in Brandon.Federated Co-op-investing $31 million and creating 31 new jobs.Roquette-$400million invested to process pea protein.HyLife Foods-$179million invested to expand its pork production and processing capacity, including building a feed plant in the municipality of Killarney-Turtle Mountain, creating 165 new jobs.That’s part of the goal of being here today of course.” “We want to be a government that truly serves the needs of people in every region of the province. “So it’s about learning… sharing perspectives and gathering knowledge and information - becoming more empathetic to the needs of people all over the province,” he said. Thirty-two, or 56 per cent of legislative seats, are in Winnipeg. Pallister wants rural MLAs to learn more about urban issues. That’s partly why government members held a caucus meeting here ahead of Ag Days. He told reporters he has instructed his urban MLAs to learn more about rural Manitoba. “We represent, I think, every farm-family in Manitoba, with the exception of the Carrot River west of The Pas,” Pallister said. Pallister’s Progressive Conservatives won a record 40 seats out a total of 57 in 2016. You can’t turn that around in three years.” “You can’t undo years of missed opportunities and frankly overt suppression of value-added industries like agriculture and primary industries like agriculture done over a period of a decade and a half (by the former NDP government). “And this province is going to take awhile to turn back in the direction that it needs to go but we’ve started,” Pallister said.
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