Bains says funding agreements for superclusters, aid for firms hurt by U.S. metal tariffs to likely be made in coming weeks

Innovation Minister Navdeep Bains says he will focus his final mandate year on considering recommendations made in seven recently-released reports by a government-struck panel of industry leaders and national consultations on digital and data transformation.

Innovation Minister Navdeep Bains, pictured at a March 2018 event announcing a public-private partnership aimed at development and installation of a 5G wireless network across Quebec and Ontario.The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

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BY JOLSON LIM

October 1, 2018

In the last year, Innovation Minister Navdeep Bains has seen the $950-million superclusters initiative pick five winners, has dished out new money under the $1.26-billion Strategic Innovation Fund, and is watching the beginning of his efforts to consolidate a variety of innovation business programs ...

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