Canada Summer Jobs is a Government of Canada initiative. It provides funding for not-for-profit organizations, public-sector employers, and small businesses with 50 or fewer employees to create work experiences for students between the ages of 15 to 30.
Deadline this year: February 27, 2009
Application Guide line can be found at www.servicecanada.gc.ca
1-800-935-5555
Or visit a Service Canada Centre.
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ONTARIO Manufacturers Grant Program - SMART
Apply now for up to $50,000 towards your next productivity-improvement project!
Date: Monday November 24, 2008
Location: Ajax Convention Centre. (550 Beck Crescent, Ajax) Time:11:00am - 2:00pm (registration at 10:30; lunch included) Details of the program attached.
The event is free for manufacturers and Government officials, and $50.00 for service providers.
For more information the website is www.cme-smart.ca/durham . Please note that the website is not live as of yet, CME is hoping to have it live by this afternoon.
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The Ontario Chamber’s Export Market Access (EMA) program. EMA is a $5 million cost sharing program launched by the OCC and funded by the Ontario Government, to help Ontario small and medium sized businesses (SME’s) enter markets that otherwise would have been beyond their reach.
Assistance is available in four activity types, the costs of which are shared (50/50) between the approved applicant and the Ontario Chamber of Commerce. Non-repayable contributions generally range from a minimum of $5,000 to a maximum of $30,000 (with the exception of capital bidding projects which generally would not exceed $35,000).
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