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BDC commits another $400-million for clean tech in Canada
Coaldale, AB, (2022-10-05) FOR WEEKEND FEATURE DO NOT USE speak to photo View of the Coaldale Solar facility, a joint venture of Concord Green Energy and the Athabasca Chipewyan First Nation, near Coaldale, Alberta on October 5, 2022. This 20.5 MW solar project came in operation earlier this year. In recent years, millions of dollars in investment in renewable energy projects have been injected into the southern Alberta economy, mainly along Highway 3 between Medicine Hat and the Rockies. Previously known for its favorable agricultural weather and its oil and gas potential, the region is now seen as the next green energy hot spot. Guillaume Nolet/ The Globe and Mail
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BDC commits $500-million in new funding for women tech entrepreneurs
Isabelle Hudon, president and CEO of the Business Development Bank of Canada (BDC) poses outside their offices in Montreal, Quebec, October 20, 2021. (Christinne Muschi /The Globe and Mail)
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Indigenous entrepreneurs are not looking for ‘handout, but a hand-up,’ says BDC’s Monica James
Karl Moore and Jennifer Robinson
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Fewer than 1 per cent of applications to Ottawa’s Black Entrepreneurship Loan Fund approved in first year
Sheriff Ganiyu, works on the renovations at his business, Titi African Foods grocery store, in Richmond Hill, Ont., on Sunday, April 3, 2022. Ganiyu, who applied to the federal government's Black Entrepreneurship Loan Fund, has stock piles of shipments of empty bottles, for his beverage subsidiary, and was hoping to buy equipment to help with efficiency, instead of making by hand. Tijana Martin/ The Globe and Mail
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BDC head wants to help companies build back better
Isabelle Hudon, president and CEO of the Business Development Bank of Canada (BDC) poses outside their offices in Montreal, Quebec, October 20, 2021. (Christinne Muschi /The Globe and Mail)
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74% of small– and medium-sized businesses plan to offer ability to work remotely post-pandemic: survey
Remote working from home. Freelancer workplace in kitchen with laptop, cup of coffee, spectacles. Concept of distance learning, isolation, female business, shopping online. Close up of woman hands.
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BDC plans support for Black and Indigenous business owners as economy reopens
Jean Vincent, NACCA Board Chair and Michael Denham, President and CEO of the Business Development Bank of Canada, signing the Term Sheet for the IGF at the NACCA’s Indigenous Prosperity Forum, February 2020.
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BDC launching $200-million Deep Tech fund
Bank buildings are photographed in Toronto's financial district on Wednesday, June 27, 2018. Financial institutions around the world are backing away from fossil fuels, both for business and environmental reasons. Canadian banks have made some statements in that direction, but they score poorly in assessments of non-green financing. THE CANADIAN PRESS/ Tijana Martin
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Upbeat entrepreneurs signal improved investment intentions for 2021: BDC survey
Businessman analysis stock chart in crisis covid-19 for investment in stockmarket and finance business planning selective stock for Stockmarket crash and Financial crisis
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CFL no longer trying to secure BDC assistance: source
A league source said Monday that Ottawa and the provinces are both looking for additional certainty from the CFL as they consider its latest financial ask. New CFL balls are photographed at the Winnipeg Blue Bombers stadium in Winnipeg Thursday, May 24, 2018. THE CANADIAN PRESS/John Woods
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BDC to give $160-million to IP-rich companies which struggle to access capital
Michel Re is the Senior VP, Emerging Markers for the Business Development Bank of Canada. Photo by Fred Lum
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BDC commits $160-million in financing to support Canadian intellectual property development
Michel Re is the Senior VP, Emerging Markers for the Business Development Bank of Canada. Photo by Fred Lum
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Report on Small Business Newsletter: Ottawa’s $20-billion loan program sees little demand
Finance Minister Bill Morneau rises during Question Period in the House of Commons Tuesday May 26, 2020 in Ottawa. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Adrian Wyld
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Ottawa’s $20-billion loan program sees little demand
Saad Siddiqui, CEO and Founder of e-commerce company Bonsai, is photographed in the companyÕs Toronto office on June 9 2020.