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Dedicated B.C. regional development agency to bring bigger focus to tech sector, innovation: MPs and stakeholders
By Aidan Chamandy February 17, 2021
The proposed B.C. regional development agency will be the seventh RDA in Canada, and will make Western Economic Diversification solely focused on the Prairies.
Minister of Economic Development and Official Languages Melanie Joly, pictured on Oct. 2, 2020, will be participating in a number of roundtables on the new development agency in B.C. in the coming months. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
Parliamentarians and stakeholders from British Columbia are welcoming the government’s efforts to establish a new regional development agency for the Pacific province, saying it represents a shift from viewing the West as a “monolith,” will benefit the province’s flourishing tech sector, and will help spur innovation in more traditional resource-based industries.
Aidan ChamandyAidan Chamandy is a reporter covering federal policy and parties for The Hill Times.
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